Refugees in Stepanakert. Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defence of Russia, http://mil.ru/russian_peacekeeping_forces/news/more.htm?id=12329168@egNews

26 December 2020, 10:30

Over the last 24 hours, 540 refugees return to Nagorno-Karabakh

Russian militaries have escorted a convoy of buses with 540 refugees from Yerevan to Stepanakert. The total number of residents who have returned to Nagorno-Karabakh with the support of peacemakers has reached 44,600, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that by December 25, the total number of returnees to Nagorno-Karabakh with the assistance of Russian peacemakers had exceeded 44,000. On the same day, the Russian MoD reported on the return of 466 residents to the unrecognized republic within the past 24 hours.

Russian peacemakers have escorted another convoy with refugees from Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh, the Russian MoD has reported.

The total number of residents who returned to Nagorno-Karabakh with the support of Russian militaries reached 44,600, the MoD has informed.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on December 26, 2020 at 06:22 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

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