Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan visited Kirants with participants of the forum titled “Enhancing Armenia’s Economic Competitiveness through Better Policy and Administration.”

During the visit, the guests were briefed on the work completed following the recent border demarcation. They viewed new infrastructure developed in the community as a result of these changes.

The delegation also visited the Kirants Primary School, built under the government’s “300 Schools, 500 Kindergartens” program. They observed restoration work at the 19th-century Holy Trinity Church, which is being renovated with government funding.

It was also announced that under a state-supported program worth 16 million drams, several dozen residential houses are planned to be built in the Kirants community for residents of nearby border villages.

On April 19, 2024, the eighth meeting of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Border Demarcation and Security Commissions took place, co-chaired by Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan and Azerbaijani Deputy Prime Minister Shahin Mustafayev, according to the Armenian Foreign Ministry.

At this initial stage of the demarcation process, the sides have preliminarily aligned specific segments of the border between the following settlements: Baghanis (Armenia) – Baghanis Ayrum (Azerbaijan), Voskepar (Armenia) – Ashaghi Askipara (Azerbaijan), Kirants (Armenia) – Kheyrimli (Azerbaijan), and Berkaber (Armenia) – Kyzyl Hajili (Azerbaijan), based on the legally substantiated inter-republican borders existing at the time of the Soviet Union’s dissolution.