Azerbaijan Hinders Humanitarian Cargo Entry into Nagorno-Karabakh, This Conduct is Unacceptable - Pashinyan

We have requested that representatives of the Russian peacekeeping forces accept the cargo and transport it to Nagorno-Karabakh, where a humanitarian crisis has developed due to the blockade of the Lachin corridor for the past 8 months. This was stated today, on July 27, during a government meeting by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

“Due to the humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh, a working group for managing assistance to the people of Artsakh has been established by my decision, under the leadership of Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Khachatryan. Yesterday, 361 tons of humanitarian aid was sent to Nagorno-Karabakh via 19 trucks. The humanitarian aid reached the Kornidzor area in the Syunik region, near the entrance of the Lachin corridor. We have requested that representatives of the Russian peacekeeping forces accept the cargo and transport it to Nagorno-Karabakh, where a humanitarian crisis has been established as a result of the illegal blockade of the Lachin corridor for the past 8 months. Azerbaijan is obstructing the entry of humanitarian cargo into the Lachin corridor and Nagorno-Karabakh, this conduct is incomprehensible and unacceptable. Azerbaijan's justification for the illegal blockade of the Lachin corridor was allegedly that Armenia was using the corridor for military purposes. This claim is absurd, but it has been used as a pretext for the illegal blockade of the Lachin corridor,” Pashinyan noted.