Karabakh: Martakert residents close road to Karvachar, Azerbaijani convoy turns back

 NEWS.am 
Armenia – Feb 17 2022

Residents of Magavuz village of Martakert blocked the road of the Azerbaijani convoy on Thursday.

The convoy was forced to turn back. Local residents did not open the road to Karvachar for them.

Artsakh MP Metaqse Hakobyan told NEWS.am that Artsakh people have voiced their protest over the latest ceasefire violations by Azerbaijanis. The villagers are outraged because Armenian conscript Khachatur Khachatryan was shot and wounded from a position near Mazavuz on Tuesday.

"The villagers demanded not to shoot at Armenian positions and not to target civilians. They also demanded that Azerbaijanis not interfere with their agricultural work, " Hakobyan said.

Azerbaijanis in recent days have not only wounded an Armenian soldier, but have also been targeting civilians. The other day in the Martakert they fired at Armenian villagers cultivating land near the line of contact.

As a result of the shots, a tractor was damaged. The next day, the Azerbaijani military, at gunpoint, did not allow the villagers to enter the territory in question. Russian peacekeepers were also present during all the incidents.

According to Hakobyan, the presence of peacekeepers does not at all deter Azerbaijanis; there are cases when the peacekeepers themselves are forced to ask Artsakh people to stop working on the land in the area because they understand that Azerbaijanis can become uncontrollable at any moment.

Today, Russian peacekeepers accompanied the Azerbaijani convoy.

"The peacekeepers urged the villagers to open the road, but they disagreed, saying it was their message to Azerbaijanis," said Metaqse Hakobyan.