Thursday, July 27 2023 21:17

ArmInfo.The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has responded to today's proposal by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to allow humanitarian cargo from the Republic of Armenia to pass to Nagorno-Karabakh in order to "strengthen the atmosphere of trust".

On July 26, Armenia sent a humanitarian convoy to Nagorno-Karabakh  (361 tons - flour, pasta, granulated sugar, vegetable oil, milk  powder, salt, baby food and medicines on 19 trucks), which since  yesterday in the border zone near Kornidzor waiting for a response  from the Russian peacekeepers. "We've asked the Russian peacekeepers  deployed in Nagorno-Karabakh to accept the cargo and transport it to  Nagorno- Karabakh, which is in a humanitarian crisis due to the  illegal blockade of the Lachin corridor for about 8 months.  Azerbaijan prevents the entry of a humanitarian convoy. This behavior  is incomprehensible and unacceptable," the prime minister said today.  "Nevertheless, Yerevan is waiting for a positive reaction from the  RPC and official Baku for the passage of humanitarian cargo to  Nagorno-Karabakh. < Otherwise, this would only confirm the fears  about Baku's genocidal intentions. And  access of the humanitarian  cargo into Nagorno Karabakh would contribute to the peace efforts in  the region and would be a positive step on the path of establishing  an atmosphere of trust >, Pashinn said.

<The sending of automobile convoys by the Armenian side under the  pretext of "humanitarian cargo" to the "sovereign territories of  Azerbaijan" without agreement with our country is another provocation  against the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Azerbaijan.  Encouraging this provocation at the level of the Armenian state and  the prime minister is unacceptable>, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry  said in a comment.