“On November 17, 2020, 502 refugees returned to Nagorno-Karabakh from the territory of the Republic of Armenia.
A column of 24 buses from Yerevan proceeded to the main square of the city of Stepanakert, accompanied by patrols of the Russian peacekeeping contingent and military police, ”TASS reports.
482 refugees returned to Stepanakert the day before.
The Emergencies Ministry has set up a rescue camp near Stepanakert.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has also begun to form an interdepartmental humanitarian response center in Stepanakert for the safe return of refugees to Nagorno-Karabakh.