Artsakh government, together with Russian peacekeepers, organizes  return of some foreign citizens to their homeland

ArmInfo.The Artsakh government, together with Russian peacekeepers, organized the return to their homeland of some foreign citizens who were in Artsaz due to  the Azerbaijani blockade. Artsakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan  announced.

"During the siege, there were citizens of foreign countries in  Artsakh. Families, including those with children, were blocked for  more than a month. The Artsakh Government, together with Russian  peacekeepers, have been preparing for a long time and today organized  the return of some of them to their homeland. However, for 120,000  citizens Artsakh, including 30,000 children, the inhuman blockade  continues," Vardanyan said.

Since December 12, 2022, for 37 days now, the Azerbaijani side, under  a far-fetched environmental pretext, blocked the only road connecting  Artsakh with the outside world. The population of the NKR has been in  a blockade for more than a month, deprived of basic means of  subsistence. All this is happening against the backdrop of the tacit  encouragement of the civilized community of these inhumane actions of  Azerbaijan, despite so beautifully promoted universal values by the  Western world.  Since January 9, Artsakh has been deprived of the  opportunity to receive electricity from Armenia, due to the  destructive actions of Azerbaijan. Rolling blackouts occur on a daily  basis in the republic. Moreover, from noon on January 12, the enemy  side also interrupted the communication cable that provides the  country's population with Internet and telephone communications. It  was restored only on January 14, thanks to the efforts of Russian  peacekeepers. We also add that today, January 17, the enemy side  stopped the gas supply to Artsakh. Gas supply to Artsakh has been  stopped since 13:00.