Thousands of hectares of lands in Karabakh are deprived of irrigation water, due to destructive policy of Baku, told the Prime Minister's spokesman Artak Beglaryan to the NEWS.am, commenting on Russian political scientist Sergey Markov’s statement about " threat of Sarsang reservoir."

"The announcement of the Russian political scientist is absurd. As far as I am aware, political scientists are not technical experts, especially when they have never seen the reservoir, they are commenting about. Therefore, it is clear that the statement is absolutely groundless. It is a propaganda made for certain purposes, and nothing else.

Official Stepanakert has repeatedly stated that the Sarsang reservoir does not have any significant technical problems. Our experts monitor the condition of the reservoir on regular bases. Moreover, there are three hydroelectric power stations in Sarsang, that provide electricity to the population. If anyone has doubts about durability of the reservoir’s dam, visit Artsakh to get convinced that the NKR authorities do everything to provide the safety of one of our most important resources.

Markarov needs to understand that Azerbaijan refuses to open its sector of the Sarsang reservoir to provide water to the nearby area: the areas in Azerbaijan and Nagorno Karabakh. Thousands of hectares of lands are deprived of irrigation water as a result of the destructive policy of Baku in Karabakh, which is a violation of human rights and international obigations, "said Artak Beglaryan.