Over 50,000 Karabakh refugees have returned home so far

Over 50,000 Karabakh refugees have returned home so far
January 20, 2021 - 13:16 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - 114 more refugees have returned to their homes in Nagorno-Karabakh, their safety was ensured by Russian peacekeepers, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday, January 16.

The Karabakh residents were delivered from Yerevan to Stepanakert by buses, which were accompanied by patrol vehicles of the Russian peacekeeping contingent and the military police, the Ministry said.

50,116 refugees have returned to their places of permanent residence in Nagorno-Karabakh since mid-November.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the peacekeepers are conducting round-the-clock monitoring of the situation and the ceasefire from their observation posts across Karabakh.

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