Azerbaijan again cuts off natural gas to Artsakh
YEREVAN, January 18. /ARKA/. Azerbaijan has again disrupted supplies of natural gas to Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) through a pipeline running from Armenia, the local natural gas distributing company ArtsakhGaz said in a statement.
It said the natural gas accumulated in the pipeline is being used now. Natural gas supplies to Nagorno-Karabakh were disrupted for nearly three weeks in March 2022 after an Azerbaijani-controlled section of the pipeline was knocked out by an apparent explosion and in December 2022.
Gas supplies were cut also on January 18 but were restored hours later. Armenian and Karabakh officials accuse Azerbaijan of disrupting gas supplies saying it is part of Baku’s efforts to force Karabakh’s ethnic Armenian residents to leave the region.
On January 16 Nagorno-Karabakh announced four-hour daily powers cuts one week after a section of the high-voltage transmission line coming from Armenia was knocked down.
The “accident” occurred near the town of Lachin controlled now by Azerbaijan that does not allow Karabakh repair teams to visit the site of accident. -0-
