Ensuring the normal operation of the Lachin Corridor is the responsibility of the peacekeeping troops of Russia and Azerbaijan. Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said this in an interview with Armenpress news agency.
“We have repeatedly stated that Paragraph 6 of the November 9 Trilateral Statement, which regulates issues regarding the Lachin Corridor, does not contemplate any function of Armenia to ensure the unimpeded operation of the corridor. Ensuring the normal operation of the corridor is the responsibility of Azerbaijan and the peacekeeping contingent of the Russian Federation. And the issues regarding the internal life of Nagorno-Karabakh are under the jurisdiction of the authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh, and the authorities of the Republic of Armenia have no function here either.
I would also like to add that the humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh resulting from the blockade of the Lachin Corridor is already turning into a humanitarian catastrophe and if the corridor is not unblocked immediately, then the humanitarian intervention of the international community, including, first of all, the United Nations is of extreme urgency,” Mirzoyan said.
To the journalist’s statement that the authorities of Azerbaijan declare that the corridor is open, and the authorities of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh declare that the corridor is blocked. This may confuse the international community, Mirzoyan responded: “This is also why we propose sending a fact-finding mission of the UN or the OSCE or any other international organization to the Lachin Corridor and will keep promoting this offer.”