Artsakh State Minister: Azerbaijanis actions demonstrate their  intention to expel Armenians from NKR

ArmInfo.State Minister of the Artsakh Republic Gurgen Nersisyan made a statement in connection with another provocation by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces in the Berdzor  (Lachin) corridor.

Thus, Nersisyan stated, in particular: " Since December 12, 2022,  Azerbaijan has closed the only road connecting Artsakh to Armenia,  leaving the entire population of Artsakh to rely on humanitarian  cargo transportation. Hundreds of Artsakh residents remained in the  Republic of Armenia and have not been able to return to Artsakh for  almost four months.

Today, Russian peacekeepers tried to transport 27 of our citizens  (including children, women and elderly) to Artsakh from the town of  Goris, RA, but the Azerbaijanis prohibited the traffic of vehicles in  the blocked section of the road near the town of Shushi on the  Goris-Stepanakert highway. Due to the intervention of Azerbaijanis on  the spot, the condition of four of our citizens worsened. The Russian  peacekeepers ensured the arrival of an ambulance and the transfer of  the mentioned four citizens to the Stepanakert Medical Center. And  the rest are being returned by the Russian peacekeepers to Goris,  because the long and persistent negotiations have not yielded any  results.

Azerbaijan, which regularly states that the road connecting Artsakh  to Armenia is open, today openly prohibited the entry of Artsakh  residents to their place of residence.  Azerbaijan shows a completely  opposite approach regarding those leaving Artsakh for Armenia, which  directly documents its criminal behavior and intention to expel  Armenians from Artsakh.

More convincing facts about the circumstances of the incident will be  presented later."

It should be reminded that the only road connecting Artsakh with the  outside world has been blocked for 115 days. Due to these actions of  enemy forces, hundreds of citizens of Artsakh cannot return to their  homes. All this is happening against the background of the tacit  encouragement of the terrorist actions of the Azerbaijani dictator by  the international community, which for the 4th month has remained  deaf to the obvious violations of universal human rights, including  the right to life and free movement.