Azerbaijan's aid destined for Karabakh Armenians still stuck in Aghdam

Two lorries carrying food products destined for the Armenian minority living in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan are still waiting on the Aghdam-Khankendi road.

Report's correspondent reported from the site that 40 tons of flour and flour products sent by the Azerbaijan Red Crescent Society are standstill on the Aghdam-Khankendi road near the post of Russian peacekeepers temporarily stationed in Azerbaijan.

Employees of the Azerbaijan Red Crescent Society have already presented a certificate of quality of the cargo they delivered to representatives of the Russian peacekeeping contingent (RPK).

The negotiations with the peacekeepers have been ongoing, and the Society's representatives are going to remain in the territory until food is transferred to the residents of Armenian origin in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan.

On August 29, the Azerbaijan Red Crescent Society dispatched 40 tons of flour products in two trucks from Baku to the Aghdam district.

The cargo reached Aghdam on the same day, but could not move toward the destination city of Khankendi due to the rejection by the Armenian residents living in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan.

On August 30, Armenian residents blocked the road leading from Aghdam to Khankendi, staging a protest and stopping the movement of the aid convoy.

The movement of the aid convoy to Khankendi could resume the traffic on the Aghdam-Khankendi road after decades. The proposal to use the road for goods supplies to the Karabakh region was put forward by Azerbaijani authorities after multiple illegal military shipments by Armenian separatists were uncovered on the Lachin road – the route connecting the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan with Armenia.