Armenia is still in a “state of war”, according to MP Hovik Aghazaryan from the ruling Civil Contract faction.
“This is a war. Isn't the gas related to the war? We are in a state of war, it’s just ceasefire now,” he told reporters on Wednesday, referring to a statement of his fellow MP Andranik Kocharyan that "we should be united and get to live in conditions of disrupted gas supplies.”
His comments came after Azerbaijan deliberately cut off gas supply to Artsakh on March 21, shortly after its restoration.
Gas delivery to Artsakh from Armenia was first disrupted on 8 March due to damage to a pipeline passing through Baku-held territory. The Azerbaijani troops did not allow maintenance workers to repair the pipeline, causing a humanitarian crisis in Artsakh for 11 days.
The damaged pipeline was finally repaired on March 18 and gas supply to Artsakh was restored on March 19 to be again disrupted two days later.