In the Nagorno-Karabakh region, the construction of 30 more block-modular camps for the accommodation of the servicemen of the Russian peacekeeping contingent in the village of Karikakha, Jerabert has been completed, said the head of the construction headquarters, Major General Yuri Khort, AzVision.az reports citing the Russian MoD.

In total, since the deployment of Russian peacekeepers in the Nagorno-Karabakh, Defense Ministry specialists have built 30 block-modular camps for the accommodation of 250, 60, 40, 40 and 15 servicemen of the Russian peacekeeping contingent.

The complete set of block-modular camps includes residential units, a gym, an officer's house, a bathhouse, a first-aid post, a dryer, a clothing cleaning room, a leisure room, a headquarters and an office, a storage room, a canteen, a kitchen, a grocery store, sanitary modules, a room for storing weapons, engineering equipment.

On November 10, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia signed an agreement to end six weeks of fierce fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Under the agreement, Russian peacekeepers were deployed along the front line in Nagorno-Karabakh under a five-year mandate and the corridor between the region and Armenia.

Also, according to the agreement, on 20 November, Armenia handed over the Aghdam region which lies to the east of Nagorno-Karabakh, to Azerbaijan. This followed on 25 November by the Kalbajar region to the northwest of Nagorno-Karabakh. 

Finally, on 1 December, Armenia handed over the Lachin District, over which the Lachin pass connecting Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia passes.

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