Natural gas fueling stations in Stepanakert resume operation

YEREVAN, January 25. /ARKA/. Natural gas fueling stations in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) that stopped working on Tuesday because of natural gas disruptions have resumed operation today from 5 pm, the Artsakh Information Headquarters said.

Earlier, it informed that natural gas supplies from Armenia were restored partly. The bulk of vehicles in Artsakh (in Armenia too) are converted to work on liquefied and compressed natural gas.

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. However, the supplies were again cut off the following day.

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-