Tuesday, August 8 2023 20:52

ArmInfo.On behalf ofU.S. Senator Robert Menendez, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on  Foreign Relations, a delegation led by representatives of the Committee representatives  Sarah Arkin and Damian Murphy visited Armenia.

According to the press service of the Syunik region, on August 7 they  held a meeting with Syunik Governor Robert Ghukasyan and Goris Mayor  Arush Arushanyan. The Armenian side informed the guests about the  situation on the borders of Syunik, Azerbaijan's encroachments on the  sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia, the blockade of  Nagorno-Karabakh and the resulting humanitarian disaster.

Today, an American delegation, accompanied by the Governor of Syunik,  visited the village of Kornidzor of the Tegh community, and witnessed  that there was no traffic on the Hakari bridge and that the only road  connecting Artsakh with the rest of the world was closed.   Representatives of the US Senate also considered the fact that a  humanitarian convoy (360 tons of food, ed. note), sent by the RA  government, have been standing on this side of the border for several  days and cannot reach the residents of Artsakh who need them.

Since December 12, 2022, Artsakh has been under blockade imposed by  Azerbaijan. If until June 15 of this year the International Committee  of the Red Cross and Russian peacekeepers had the opportunity to  deliver at least limited quantities of essential products for the  besieged population of Artsakh, then after June 15 this opportunity  is not there either. The 120,000 population of Artsakh is on the  verge of starvation amid the inaction of the international community.