"It is around 100 meters (ca. 330 feet) long and made of three-meter-tall concrete slabs. The village, which lies on the border with Azerbaijan, often came under fire during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, even though it is situated almost 500 kilometers from the mountainous region, over which Armenia and Azerbaijan have fought two major wars in the past 35 years. The first took place in the early 1990s,"
"A village divided Armenia has since been plunged into a political crisis. In spring 2024, protesters called for the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and a reversal of what they called a "unilateral handover of territories" to Azerbaijan. But the demarcation of the border continued. Now the people of Kirants are trying to adapt to their new circumstances."
A concrete wall now divides Kirants, a village of about 70 houses and 350 inhabitants on the Armenia–Azerbaijan border. The roughly 100-meter barrier of three-meter slabs cuts through land that became Azerbaijani after 2024 demarcation using Soviet maps, when 15 hectares were reassigned. The village endured shelling during the Nagorno-Karabakh wars, and many ethnic Armenians fled after Azerbaijan's 2023 takeover of Nagorno-Karabakh. The wall has reduced farming access, nearly halved livestock numbers, and worsened the local economy. Homeowners with property now across the border received compensation. National political protests followed the territorial handover.
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