A temporary asphalt road will function until the main road from Armenia to Artsakh and back via Kornidzor is put into operation, which will connect the new road with the upper part of Aghavno, Artsakh Ombudsman Gegham Stepanyan told NEWS.am.

"At first it was planned that there will be an unpaved road with a length of 4.7 kilometers, but then it was decided that the road will be fully asphalt," he said.

Stepanyan described a temporary route from Armenia to Artsakh. It will pass through Goris, the village of Tegh to the border with Artsakh. In the section where the road leads to Aghavno, the route will no longer pass through Aghavno, but through the road to the right, where the entrance to the new road begins.

The Ombudsman of Artsakh explained that this temporary road will function until spring, i.e. until the construction of the new main road is completed.

"The agreement on the functioning of the temporary road is not new, it was reached in early August, during the escalation period, when negotiations were held with the mediation of the Russian side. Given that the new road to Kornidzor will not be ready until the spring of 2023, this agreement was reached.

Russian peacekeepers will be stationed along this temporary road until the completion of the new main alternative road. And once the construction work is completed, the peacekeepers will be redeployed to the new main road.

Tomorrow at 8 p.m., when the current road is closed, all Russian peacekeepers will function along the temporary road. Works on the deployment of peacekeepers along this road are at the final stage now," Stepanyan said.

According to his assessments, the length of the road from Armenia to Artsakh may increase by 3-4 kilometers.

Reminder: after today's discussions, Artsakh Security Council decided to set up a new highway to Armenia from 8 p.m. on August 30 via Shusha sub-district of Berdadzor. The former road, as well as the settlements along it (Berdzor, Aghavno and Sus) went under Azerbaijani control a few days ago.