Government ready to construct new school in Kirants if locals demand  - minister

ArmInfo. In the matter of the school in Kirants, we will be guided by the suggestions and demands  of the residents, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Armenia Zhanna Andreasyan stated in Parliament on June 5.

She explained that the newly built school in Kirants, as a result of  the delimitation and demarcation of the border, turned out to be  located near the border. Andreasyan noted that in such a case  additional security measures will be applied. However, if parents  consider this insufficient in the context of ensuring the safety of  their children, then the state, according to her, is ready to build a  new school on a different site.

"We can use this building for other purposes," the minister said.

Responding to the remark that the school in the village of Kirants,  where the border delimitation process with Azerbaijan is taking  place, will be located close to the border and will be visible, which  means unsafe, Pashinyan noted that although representatives of the  village claimed the opposite, it is still vulnerable.  "After that  meeting, I specially invited our military and asked whether the  village of Kirants and the school in Kirants are vulnerable today,  whether they are under direct fire, and they answered me - yes. This  is the difference - today the school is under direct attack, and  there are no obstacles between the school and the nearest Azerbaijani  post, but after the delimitation process there will be an obstacle in  the form of a delimited border. This is exactly what I am trying to  convey to our dear villagers and townspeople," Pashinyan said.

In response to the presenter's remark that if earlier Azerbaijanis  were visually far away, but now schoolchildren will see them, the  prime minister noted that there are still many questions that do not  have answers until work is done on the ground. "If we are talking  about visual visibility, I say - we can plant a tree, we can build a  wall," he noted.