STEPANAKERT. - The President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR/Artsakh) Bako Sahakyan on Thursday received a group of scientists who were carrying out research and excavations in the Azokh cave of Karabakh’s Hadrout region.

Levon Yepiskoposyan (Republic of Armenia), Peter Andrews, Tania King (United Kingdom), John Murray (Ireland) and Yolanda Fernandez-Jalvo (Spain) were awarded with the "Vachagan Barepasht" medal for their active participation in conducting archeological excavations in the Azokh cave and authoring the book "Azokh Cave and the Transcaucasian Corridor," as well as presenting it in international scientific circles.

President Sahakyan expressed gratitude for the work carried out, stressing that their research is of great scientific significance in terms of studying human evolution.