ArmInfo.The blockade of the Kashatagh (Lachin) corridor needs to end as soon as possible, and all illegal checkpoints must be removed. This was stated by MEP, Permanent Rapporteur on Armenia at European Parliament Andrey Kovatchev.
At the same time, he stressed that the population of Nagorno Karabakh has to be able to access humanitarian aid and basic supplies must reach them to avoid a fully fledged humanitarian crisis.
At the same time, he positively assessed the negotiations between Yerevan and Baku mediated by Brussels. "It is encouraging to see progress on some of the most important points in peace talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan facilitated by Charles Michel. The negotiations between the two countries must continue, while in parallel the blockade of the Lachin Corridor must be lifted," He wrote on his Twitter microblog, retweeting Charles Michel's post, which says that the EU is going through one of the most comprehensive and vigorous stages of negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Since December 12, 2022, Azerbaijan, under a pseudo ecological pretext, has blocked the only road connecting Artsakh with Armenia and the outside world. In parallel with the siege, Azerbaijan deprived Artsakh of gas and electricity. Essential products were delivered to the NKR through the ICRC and Russian peacekeepers. Then, already on April 23, the enemy side established a checkpoint in the corridor connecting Artsakh with the outside world, contrary to the obligations under the tripartite statement of 2020, and already on June 15 stopped the passage of humanitarian cargo in Artsakh. The population of Nagorno-Karabakh faces the threat of starvation against the backdrop of the inaction of the international community.