22 August 2022, 16:34
After Armenians set their houses on fire, Azeri fire-fighters arrived in Lachin
After at least two villagers in the Lachin Corridor have burned down their houses before evacuation, Azerbaijani fire-fighters, escorted by Russian peacemakers, arrived in the town of Lachin (Berdzor).
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that by August 20, all residents had left the Nerkin Sus community; and a few families still remained in Berdzor (the Azerbaijani name is Lachin) and the village of Akhavno (Zabukh), the head of the Kashatag District of Nagorno-Karabakh has informed, adding that the territories would be handed over to Azerbaijan on August 25. Local residents complained that they were given very little time to find new housing and evacuate.
Earlier it was reported that at least two houses were burned down by residents of the village of Akhavno. Another house was burned down in Lachin, the "Turan" Mews Agency has reported.
"Russian soldiers will stop attempts to set fire to houses and objects; and Azerbaijani fire-fighters will extinguish the fire. Armenians have burned down two residential houses in the village of Zabukh and one house in the town of Lachin," wrote the author of the "Wind from Apsheron" blog run on the "Caucasian Knot".
On August 12, the President of Azerbaijan stated that people who "had illegally settled" in Lachin (Berdzor) and the villages of Zabukh (Akhavno) and Sus should leave there "of their own free will"; and the families from Azerbaijan who had left these places in the 1990s would settle there.
This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on August 21, 2022 at 02:54 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.
Source: Caucasian Knot
