“A total of 49 638 refugees have already returned to Nagorno Karabakh to their places of permanent residence.

The servicemen of the Russian peacekeeping contingent ensure the safe return of citizens to their places of permanent residence, provide humanitarian assistance, and restore civilian infrastructure, ”RIA Novosti reported.

In particular, over the past 24 hours, 177 people returned to their homes in Stepanakert from Yerevan.

Earlier it was reported that Russian military doctors provided assistance to over 1.1 thousand residents of Karabakh.