Arif Mamedov, a former Azerbaijani diplomat, former head of the Azerbaijani representation in the EU, made a post on Facebook mocking the information spread by the Azerbaijani press as if the Azerbaijani army has occupied 11 thousand of hectares in Nakhichevan.
“Is there at least one reasonable person who believes in fairy tales that 11 thousand hectares of land could be liberated in Nakhichevan without a fight? Do they understand what 11 thousand hectares means, or is everything so tragic even with their math?
Once Armenians occupied only the Kyark enclave in that territory, formerly inhabited by Azerbaijanis. Nakhichevan territories, including the village of Gyunnut, have never been occupied. Our official maps prove this too.
It is ridiculous to imagine the empty village of Gyunnut village, which is in a neutral zone and has no military significance, as a strategic area.
We have heard about less than 5 percent of the unemployment rate in the country, human rights protection in Azerbaijan and the collapse of Germany. Now they tell us fairy tales about victories. How many people can be fed by fairy tales?
If this continues, then as we were promised by our big breadwinner, we will liberate Yerevan without a fight.
And while our authorities are talking about virtual victories, Armenians have begun to build a real, democratic society, not virtual. Armenia carries out a fight against corruption, all restrictions in customs are removed, etc. They are even ahead of Georgia by the pace of reforms. They have been ahead of us for a long time in terms of living standards, compensation for the families of the deceased servicemen, etc. It is enough to feed the people with fairy tales. The whole world laughs at us”, Mamedov wrote.
Let us remind that in the evening of June 8, Azerbaijani mass media reported that the Azerbaijani army regained control over the village of Gyunnut and surrounding heights, about 11 thousand hectares.
Press Secretary of the Armenian Defense Ministry Artsrun Hovhannisyan, commenting on this information, said that on June 6 and 7 the Azerbaijani side appealed to the Armenian Armed Forces asking to allow some citizens to approach the graveyard of the southern suburbs of the village of Gyunnut. The appeal was satisfied by the Armenian side.