In Nagorno-Karabakh, they agreed on the delivery of humanitarian aid

The leadership of Nagorno-Karabakh (Armenian name – Artsakh) announced that it had reached an agreement with the Azerbaijani authorities on the delivery of humanitarian aid to the region. It will be delivered from Russia via the Red Cross under the control of Russian peacekeeping forces. The first trucks should leave for Nagorno-Karabakh already today, September 10.

According to the message of both the Azerbaijani and Armenian services of Radio Liberty, the road through the Azerbaijani city of Aghdam will be used for transportation. Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan, Hikmet Hajiyev, clarified that transportation through Agdam is regulated by a separate agreement. The possibility of opening the Lachin Corridor for humanitarian cargo – the only one connecting Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia – is also being discussed.

Khadzhiev said that all checkpoints and checkpoints at the entrance to Nagorno-Karabakh will continue to work, and all humanitarian cargo will be required to pass through customs in accordance with Azerbaijani rules.

A day earlier, on Saturday, the parliament of Nagorno-Karabakh elected Samvel Shakhramanyan as the new head of the self-proclaimed republic. Azerbaijan called this decision “fictitious and illegal” and demanded the dissolution of the parliament.

The Lachin corridor – the only route from Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh – has been blocked since June 15. The humanitarian situation in the region is close to critical: there is a shortage of food, fuel and medicine. The people of Karabakh report that they are on the brink of starvation, because of the lack of gasoline, transport does not work.

Azerbaijan rejects accusations of blockade. Baku accused Yerevan of transferring troops to the territory of the self-proclaimed republic controlled by the Armenian authorities, transporting weapons and ammunition, and illegally exporting natural resources and cultural values ​​from the territory of Azerbaijan.

• The territory of Nagorno-Karabakh is considered part of Azerbaijan under international law. The population of the region is mainly made up of ethnic Armenians. Since the beginning of the 1990s, Baku has not controlled most of the region. Representatives of the Armenian community proclaimed an independent republic, which was not recognized by any country, including Armenia.
• As a result of the short-term war, in the fall of 2020, Azerbaijan and Armenia, with the mediation of Russia, signed an agreement on the cessation of hostilities. According to the agreement, which provoked opposition protests in Yerevan, Baku returned to control a significant part of the territories of Karabakh and adjacent regions of Azerbaijan, which were occupied by Armenian troops in the early 1990s. Russian peacekeeping forces were placed in the region.