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In the wake of the past days’ subversive border attacks by the Azerbaijani armed forces, Armenia’s Ministry of Defense has elaborated procedures to strengthen border control, Tert.am reports.

The document, a seven-clause order calling for a higher vigilance, was introduced by Minister Seyran Ohanyan at a working meeting in Yerevan on Monday.

“It is necessary to ensure an enhanced military vigilance and to improve the monitoring system; we have to fight against subversive intelligence operations and to conduct trainings to raise the efficiency of all the subdivisions. We have to enforce punishment against the adversary and sometimes be the first to initiate attack, without waiting for the adversary to take any measures. We must have the abilities to react regularly and to always have all the counteractions and punitive measures in our hands,” he noted.

The minister said he thinks that the commanders of battalions and companies will be able to take independent action to avert aggression after studying the adversary’s strengths and weaknesses and the directions of possible attacks.

“I call for giving that freedom to commanders,” Mr Ohanyan added.