Azerbaijan Once Again Cuts Off Gas Deliveries to Karabakh: Report
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Republic of Azerbaijan halted gas supply through the only gas pipeline running from Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh on Friday, the Armenpress news agency reported, citing the Artsakhgaz gas company.
"On March 10, the Azerbaijani side one again cut off gas deliveries from Armenia to Karabakh. Artsakhgaz is requesting consumers to strictly follow security rules," the news agency said in its report, TASS reported.
Gas deliveries to the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic are being blocked regularly.
The move, combined with the ongoing three-month-long blockade of the Lachin Corridor highway linking Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, brought the Armenian-speaking population of the enclave to the verge of a humanitarian disaster.
According to Yerevan, Azerbaijan has been creating intolerable conditions for the region’s 120,000 inhabitants, with the goal of conducting an ethnic cleansing in the area.