BAKU: Trucks with humanitarian assistance entered on Monday Azerbaijan’s breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh after Armenian separatists and the central government reached at consensus to use roads linking it to Armenia and Azerbaijan, Baku said on Monday.
Hikmet Hajiyev, foreign policy advisor to Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev, said on social media that the simultaneous passage of the Red Cross vehicles was ensured through the Lachin corridor and the Aghdam road.
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said that thanks to a humanitarian consensus between the decision-makers, ICRC is today bringing shipments of wheat flour and necessary medical items to people in need via the Lachin Corridor and the Aghdam road, according to AFP.
ICRC’s regional director for Europe and Central Asia Ariane Bauer said that Nagorno-Karabakh residents urgently need sustained relief through regular humanitarian shipments. This consensus has enabled ICRC’S teams to resume this lifesaving work.
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