The only road connecting Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) to the world has been closed off for 13 hours already by Azerbaijanis, the Artsakh Ministry of Internal Affairs stated Monday night.

"This morning, a group of Azerbaijanis closed off the Shushi-Karin Tak section of the Stepanakert-Goris highway at 10:30 for environmental reasons.

Hundreds of people, including minors, cannot return home; some of them have temporarily stayed in Syunik Province [of Armenia].

The transport connection of Lisagor, Mets Shen, Hin Shen, and Yegtsahogh villages of [Artsakh’s] Shushi region with the capital Stepanakert is interrupted," the Artsakh interior ministry added, in particular.