Blockade of Lachin corridor Baku`s provocation, with ultimate goal of  military escalation - Nikol Pashinyan 

ArmInfo.The blockade of the Lachin corridor is Baku's provocation, with an ultimate goal of military escalation, Armenia's Premier Nikol Pashinyan stated at a  Cabinet meeting on Thursday. 

The 32nd day of the illegal blocking of the Lachin corridor is  underway, and since Monday, the supply of electricity to  Nagro-Karabakh has been cut off (on the 33rd km of the only  high-voltage line 110 kV Goris-Stepanakert supplying Artsakh from  Armenia, an accident occurred on January 9 at 14:35 -ed.), he noted.  The accident, as the Prime Minister emphasized, occurred in the area  controlled by Azerbaijan, but Baku still does not provide an  opportunity to organize emergency recovery work for both peacekeepers  and the relevant services of Artsakh.

And, since local capacities are not enough to supply the entire  republic with energy, Artsakh switched to rolling blackouts.  Kindergartens are not functioning properly, including due to lack of  food, jobs are being cut, further aggravating the social situation in  Artsakh.

Nikol Pashinyan confirms his assessment - Azerbaijan's actions are  aimed at breaking the will of the Artsakh people to live in their  homeland. "I believe that this will cannot be broken," he said.

On the other hand, as the prime minister noted, one must have a  certain idea of the resolution of the situation. "The reaction of the  people and authorities of Artsakh to this should be asymmetrical,"  Pashinyan said. This, as the head of the Cabinet explained, means  basing your policy on clear arguments and facts. At the same time,  avoid political statements that are not useful, but can lead the  situation into a greater impasse.

"A political dialogue should begin between Azerbaijan and  Nagorno-Karabakh, and our colleagues in Artsakh should not give rise  to being accused of disrupting a constructive dialogue or of making  this dialogue impossible," Pashinyan explained.

The Prime Minister urged to refrain from steps that "will be in the  hands of the developers of the scenario of a new military  escalation."

He once again called on the diplomatic corps to redouble its efforts  for international publicity of the situation in the Lachna corridor.