A group of Artsakh citizens announced in advance that they would go to negotiate with the Azerbaijani “environmentalists”.

Now the group of citizens is moving towards the observation post of the Russian peacekeepers to demand the fulfillment of the obligations of the declaration of November 9. There were police forces stationed on the road of the citizens, and one of the citizens urged the policemen to let them continue on the road. Upon reaching the peacekeepers’ observation post, the citizens must express their intention to negotiate with the Azerbaijanis.

One of the policemen said that they also agree with the problems raised by the citizens, but they will not be able to ensure the safety of the citizens from there.

The police urged not to go there for safety reasons. “We don’t want it to turn out that we are blocking your way to solve this issue.”

Citizens insisted, however, to allow at least 4-5 people to approach the observation post of the Russian peacekeeping force, even accompanied by the police. The citizens urged the police to discuss this issue with their superiors, in response to which the police asked for 10 minutes.

From December 12 until today, Azerbaijan continues to close the only road connecting Artsakh to Armenia. On December 12, at 10:30 a.m., a group of Azerbaijanis closed the Shushi-Karin section of the Stepanakert-Goris highway, putting 120,000 residents of Artsakh under siege. 1100 civilians, including 270 minors, cannot return to Artsakh, some of them temporarily staying in Syunik marz. The transport connection of Lisagor, Mets Shen, Hin Shen, and Yegtsahogh villages of the Shushi region with the capital Stepanakert is interrupted.

Since December 13, Azerbaijan also interrupted the gas supply of the Republic of Artsakh. The gas supply was restored on December 16.