Saturday, May 6 2023 18:57

ArmInfo. 40 PACE parliamentarians demanded that Azerbaijan immediately stop the illegal blockade of the  Lachin/Berdzor corridor.

The statement, signed by the above-mentioned legislators, stated in  part:  "We, the undersigned, declare the following: On 23 April 2023,  Azerbaijan unilaterally installed a checkpoint in the Lachin Corridor  grossly violating the 9 November 2020 Trilateral Statement. This is a  worrying escalation since the only road connecting NagornoKarabakh to  Armenia has been blocked by Azerbaijan since December 2022 creating  grave humanitarian and human rights consequences for 120 000  residents of Nagorno-Karabakh. We urge Azerbaijan to implement the  binding decision of the International Court of Justice, which ordered  Azerbaijan to ensure unimpeded movement along the Lachin Corridor in  both directions, and the interim measures indicated to Azerbaijan by  the European Court of Human Rights. We demand Azerbaijan to  immediately end the unlawful and illegitimate blockade of the Lachin  corridor and urgently restore the movement of persons and goods.  We  urge Azerbaijan to co-operate in good faith and to authorise  fact-finding visits to Nagorno-Karabakh, most recently requested by  the rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly on "Addressing the  humanitarian consequences of the blockade of the Lachin corridor." We  call on the Council of Europe to act decisively for the protection of  the human rights of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh." 

At the same time, the border service of the enemy side cited another  false argument as the reason for establishing the checkpoint,  allegedly "in order to prevent the transfer of manpower, ammunition,  mines, as well as other military equipment from Armenia to Artsakh."  Thus, Artsakh, which has been under siege since December 12, 2022,  has found itself cut off from the whole world. In addition, 4  villages of Artsakh are deprived of the opportunity to receive any  food and medicine even from Artsakh itself, as they are surrounded on  all sides by enemy forces. The Azerbaijani authorities do not hide  their intention to carry out the genocide of the Armenian population  of Nagorno-Karabakh. Moreover, they even boast of this before the  international community, which is blind and deaf to the suffering of  120,000 Armenians, living in a state of siege and deprived of basic  human rights for more than 5 months.