Official: Karabakh villages “in a complete blockade” after Azerbaijan’s clusireApril 25, 2023 - 13:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) State Minister Gurgen Nersisyan has revealed that residents in four villages have found themselves “in a complete blockade” after the establishment of a checkpoint by Azerbaijan on the highway connecting Artsakh to Armenia. According to him, civilians are now cut off from both Stepanakert – Karabakh’s capital – and the opportunity to leave for the Republic of Armenia «Before Azerbaijan set up a checkpoint and closed the road in that area, three children from the Mets Shen community, one of them three years old, left for the city of Goris and now they cannot return to their parents. There is a similar situation in the Lisagor community: several residents of the community have been stranded in the Republic of Armenia,” Nersisyan said on social media. “In order to organize the movement of ambulances from said communities to the Republic of Armenia and the return of our citizens, I have appealed to the Russian peacekeeping forces, in connection with which concrete steps will be taken tomorrow and, I hope, we will have solutions to these and other problems.” Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. |