US Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Linda Thomas-Grefield urged Azerbaijani authorities to restart free movement along the Lachin corridor. writes about it TASS.
At the UN Security Council meeting, he expressed his concerns about the humanitarian situation in Nagorno-Karabakh and expressed serious concerns about the closure of the Lachin corridor, which has led to limited access to essential goods and worsening of the humanitarian situation.
Thomas-Greenfield stressed that the United States called on the Azerbaijani government to restart free movement along the corridor so that commercial, humanitarian and private vehicles can reach the people of Nagorno-Karabakh.
16 August Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not rule out Because of Karabakh, it is undermining the peace process in the South Caucasus. Ani Badalyan, press secretary of the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on August 12. statedNagorno-Karabakh is facing a humanitarian crisis as Azerbaijan closes the Lachin corridor.
At the end of September 2020, fighting resumed in Nagorno-Karabakh, representing a continuation of a long-term conflict that began in 1988. This new conflict, which lasted about six weeks, resulted in civilian deaths as well as the loss of about two-thirds of the territory of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (DRC), which is not recognized by the international community. As a result of several ceasefire attempts, the heads of state of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan adopted a joint declaration on the ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh, effective November 10. According to these agreements, Russian peacekeepers were deployed to the Karabakh region.
In 2023, Azerbaijan and Armenia stepped up their efforts to sign a peace agreement. In particular, they reached an agreement on mutual recognition of each other’s territorial integrity, which means that Yerevan officially recognizes Karabakh as part of Azerbaijani territory. However, Armenia states that the parties have not yet reached an agreement on a number of important issues. Yerevan specifically calls on Baku to start a dialogue with the NKR and accuses Azerbaijan of blockading the Lachin corridor, which is the only communication route connecting the region to Armenia.
Formerly Armenia and Azerbaijan To agree mutual recognition of each other’s territorial integrity.