PACE President calls on Azerbaijan to open Lachin corridor

ArmInfo. "Everyone recognizes that Nagorno-Karabakh is part of Azerbaijan, but this does not give the Azerbaijani government the right to do whatever it wants with these people." This was stated by Tiny Kox, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, referring to the situation in the Lachin corridor.

At the same time, he noted that blocking the Lachin corridor could cause a serious catastrophe for thousands of people living in Nagorno-Karabakh, who depend on the corridor with Armenia.

"It is closed, and this is a violation of the obligations undertaken by Azerbaijan. The Assembly calls on Azerbaijan to fulfill its obligations, to reopen the corridor so that aid can be delivered to Nagorno-Karabakh," Kox said in a video interview posted on social media

It should be recalled that the only road that provides communication between Artsakh and Armenia and the outside world has been partially blocked since December 12, 2022 by Azerbaijan under a far-fetched environmental pretext.  Against the background of the inaction of the international community, Azerbaijan, in violation of the tripartite statements of November 9, 2020, set up a checkpoint in the corridor on April 23. And since June 15, the corridor has been under a total blockade. The population of Artsakh is deprived of the opportunity to exercise fundamental human rights.