Karabakh gets Red Cross aid via two routes, in step to ease crisis

18/9/2023 19:02

        Badly needed food and medicines were delivered to Azerbaijan's breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh on Monday along two roads simultaneously, a step that could ease mounting tension between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
        
        The International Committee of the Red Cross said it had sent trucks via the Lachin corridor leading from Armenia into the mountain enclave from the southwest, and the Aghdam road from Azerbaijani-government held territory to the northeast.
        
        "We are extremely relieved that many people reliant on humanitarian aid will finally receive much-needed support in the coming days," said Ariane Bauer, ICRC's regional director for Europe and Central Asia.
        
        "People are queuing hours for bread. They urgently need sustained relief through regular humanitarian shipments," she said.