19:46, 5 May 2023

YEREVAN, MAY 5, ARMENPRESS. The government of Artsakh, through Russian peacekeepers, has sent a truckload of food, medicine and other essential goods to the communities of Hin Shen, Mets Shen, Yegtsahogh and Lisagor in the Berdadzor sub-district of Shushi region, which are under bilateral blockade after the installation of the illegal checkpoint by Azerbaijan on April 23, ARMENPRESS reports, Artsakh State Minister Gurgen Nersisyan informed on his Facebook page.

"Dear compatriots,

After Azerbaijan installed an illegal checkpoint on the highway connecting Artsakh to Armenia on the border with Armenia (Lachin (Kashatagh) corridor) on April 23, the four communities of Berdadzor sub-district of Shushi region (Hin Shen, Mets Shen, Yegtsahogh and Lisagor) appeared under a bilateral blockade, deprived of all possibilities of connection with the rest of Artsakh and Armenia. Due to the Azerbaijani obstacles, all humanitarian supplies to the residents of these villages were also stopped, and in recent days, an acute humanitarian crisis emerged there, without any stock of basic necessities.

Today, we were finally able to send one truckload of food, medicine and other essential goods to the residents of the mentioned communities through the peacekeepers of the Russian Federation.

Azerbaijan continues the complete blockade of Artsakh through both the illegal checkpoint on the Artsakh-Armenia border and the road near Shushi, already openly and illegally blocked by the Azerbaijani state. And the humanitarian supplies to Artsakh are carried out by the Russian peacekeeping troops, in very limited volumes. We are making additional efforts to restore transportation by the International Committee of the Red Cross," said the Artsakh State Minister.