Press Release

11 January, 2010 00:00
On the 10th of January, 2010 around 19:00 o’clock a trespassing incident on the Yeraskh-Nakhijevan sector of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border was reported. The RA citizen Eghishe Petros Gevorgyan (born 1958), together with his wife and three under-age children (7, 6 and 3 years old) by a car of “Eraz” model, ignoring the warnings of the Armenian frontiers broke through the blockings and crossing the border, through the shootings of the Azerbaijani side passed to the territory of Nakhijevan. The Armenian frontiers did not open a destructive fire for the sake of the three under-age children in the vehicle.
Eghishe Petros Gevorgyan was previously sued 8 times for robbery, car stealing and other crimes. The respective international humanitarian organizations were informed about the incident. A law suit was taken, an investigation is in process and the details of the incident are being specified.

RA MoD Department of Information and Public Affairs