December 21, 2020 - 13:08 AMT
Karabakh: Official denies another village ceded to Azerbaijan

Nagorno-Karabakh presidential spokesman Vahram Poghosyan has denied social media reports that the village of Karmir Shuka in Martuni region has been ceded to Azerbaijan.

Poghosyan said Monday, December 21 that a new housing program is planned in the community in the near future.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Russian and Azerbaijani Presidents Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev on November 9 signed a statement to end the war in Karabakh after almost 45 days. Under the deal, the Armenian side has returned all the seven regions surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, having lost a part of Karabakh itself in hostilities.