Damaged infrastructure in Artsakh almost entirely restored
YEREVAN, July 1. /ARKA/. The infrastructure in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) damaged during last autumn’s 44-day war has been almost entirely restored, Artak Beglaryan, Artsakh State Minister, said during a press conference on Thursday.
He said that all types of infrastructure, which were deliberately targeted by Azerbaijan, were seriously damaged during the hostilities.
“During several post-war months, very intensive work, sometimes invisible, was done, and now we can say that our entire infrastructure has been almost completely restored,’ he said.
Beglaryan noted that the power supply has also been almost restored, however, since the bulk of hydroelectric power plants are under the control of Azerbaijan now, additional work needs to be done to ensure Artsakh’s energy independence and improve its quality.
"We also have power supply system modernization problem, which we used to experience in the pre-war period, but now it has become more acute. There are programs in this regard, new solutions will be given in the near future," he said.
Earlier it was reported that as a result of the defeat in the war in the fall of 2020, most of the Artsakh territory came under the control of Azerbaijan, including 30 out of 36 hydroelectric power plants built in Artsakh). According to experts, Artsakh lost about 100 MW of energy production capacity out of the 190 MW available.
On September 27, 2020, Azerbaijani armed forces, backed by Turkey and foreign mercenaries and terrorists, attacked Nagorno-Karabakh along the entire front line using rocket and artillery weapons, heavy armored vehicles, military aircraft and prohibited types of weapons such as cluster bombs and phosphorus weapons.
After 44 days of the war, on November 9, the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a statement on the cessation of all hostilities. According to the document, the town of Shushi, the districts of Agdam, Kelbajar and Lachin were handed over to Azerbaijan, with the exception of a 5-kilometer corridor connecting Karabakh with Armenia.
A Russian peacekeeping contingent was deployed along the contact line in Karabakh and along the Lachin corridor. -0-
