The matter of restoring the natural gas supply in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) is under negotiation. Lusine Avanesyan, spokeswoman for the Artsakh President, told Armenian News-NEWS.am about this on Monday morning.

She, however, has not been able to give any details about this matter yet. Avanesyan informed that the Artsakh residents currently provide heating for themselves with the use of electricity and wood—the latter mainly refers to villages.

"This is now considered an alternative. We are waiting for the end of the negotiations. Let's see what will happen," added the press secretary of the Artsakh President.

The natural gas pipeline in the territory currently controlled by Azerbaijan and supplying natural gas to Artsakh was damaged on March 8. Since then, negotiations are being held with the Azerbaijanis, but the latter are hindering the repair work. Despite numerous calls for an immediate solution to this problem and the assurances of the Artsakh authorities that this issue is being resolved jointly with the Russian peacekeepers, the people of Artsakh are deprived of natural gas for the seventh day now.