Today, on 24 May, Commnadant Tigran Avinyan signed a new decision, according to which the following restrictions will be applied in Sevan Community of Gegharkunik region of the Republic of Armenia in about 6 hours.

a) Establish a special regime for entering and exiting the administrative border of the community, prohibiting the entry and exit of persons and vehicles, except for movement of goods, supplies, food, medicine and fuel for basic necessities;

b) To make an exception for restricting access to the Sevan community defined by sub-paragraph “a” of this paragraph, until 25 May, 2020, at 13:00, allowing the entry of persons permanently or actually residing in the Sevan community.

c) In order to ensure the implementation of the special regime, to install special checkpoints and inspection checkpoints in the places defined by the National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia and the Police of the Republic of Armenia for the purpose of conducting inspections of persons and vehicles allowed in the administrative territory of Sevan community.

2. Establish temporary restrictions on the types of economic activity in the Sevan community in accordance with Table 1.

3. RA Minister of Health Arsen Torosyan, Chief of RA National Security Service Eduard Martirosyan, Chief of the RA Police Arman Sargsyan, Gegharkunik Governor Gnel Sanosyan to ensure the implementation of this decision.

4. The decision enters into force on 25 May, 2020, at 06:00, and is valid until 3 June, 2020, at 23:59.