Since 12 December, 2022 , Azerbaijan has closed the only road connecting Artsakh to Armenia, leaving the entire population of Artsakh to rely on humanitarian cargo transportation. This was reported by Gurgen Nersisyan, State Minister of Artsakh Republic informed.

“Hundreds of Artsakh residents have remained in the Republic of Armenia and have not been able to return to their place of residence in Artsakh for almost four months.

Today, Russian peacekeepers tried to transport 27 of our citizens (including children, women and elderly) to Artsakh from the city of Goris, RA, but the Azerbaijanis prohibited the traffic of vehicles in the blocked section of the road near the city of Shushi on the Goris-Stepanakert highway. Due to the intervention of Azerbaijanis on the spot, the health condition of four our citizens worsened, the Russian peacekeepers ensured the arrival of an ambulance and the transfer of the mentioned four citizens to Stepanakert hospital. And the Russian peacekeepers returned the rest of the citizens to the city of Goris, because the long and persistent negotiations have not yielded any results.

Azerbaijan, which regularly declares that the road connecting Artsakh to Armenia is open, today openly prohibited the entry of Artsakh residents to their place of residence. Azerbaijan shows the completely opposite approach regarding those leaving Artsakh for Armenia, which directly documents their criminal behavior and intention to expel Armenians from Artsakh.

The most convincing facts about the circumstances of the incident will be presented later,” he said.