ICRC transported 60 patients along Lachin road

Baku/02.02.23/Turan: From 19 December 2022 to 1 February the International Committee of the Red Cross transported 60 patients that needed urgent medical care by the Lachin road (from Karabakh to Armenia).

A statement published on the ICRC website says that the organization provides the duration of urgent medical services along-lachin-corridor.

In addition, medication, baby food and food rations have been delivered.

In January, ICRC officials distributed food and hygiene items among eight hospitals, a physical rehabilitation centre, an institution housing more than 300 destitute elderly people, and a support centre for children from socially disadvantaged families. Besides, the ICRC has started distributing food packs and hygiene kits to pregnant women.

Since the situation caused some families to be separated, the ICRC facilitated the relocation of 95 people through the Lachin corridor since early January, as agreed with the parties.

Located in the southern Caucasus since 1992, the ICRC stands ready to act as a neutral intermediary and help resolve humanitarian issues.

* Note that since 12 December, Azerbaijani activists have been holding a protest along the Lachin road, demanding that the mines in Karabakh be monitored and that the illegal exploitation of these deposits be stopped.

Since then only Russian peacekeepers and Red Cross vehicles have been passing along the Lachin road.

At the same time, the activists say they do not intend to hinder the passage of Armenian residents and the transport of humanitarian goods. -03B06-