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 | Up to 1% cashback when shopping on Wildberries with IDBank cards IDBank is launching an exclusive campaign on Wildberries for online shopping enthusiasts. Pasadena to host Armenian Genocide commemoration event The Pasadena Armenian Coalition will host its community-wide Armenian Genocide Commemorative Event. Armenia: Opposition activist transferred to Investigative Committee Activist Samvel Vardanyan has been accused of insulting the lawmaker Hakob Aslanyan from the ruling Civil Contract party. Russia confirms start of withdrawal of peacekeepers from Karabakh The Kremlin has confirmed reports about the start of the withdrawal of Russian peacekeeping forces in Karabakh. |