19 trucks carrying humanitarian aid to Artsakh still in Kornidzor -  task group member 

ArmInfo.There is a growing concern on the part of the international community towards the  humanitarian situation in Artsakh. The representative of the working  group on managing the humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh, Vardan  Sargsyan, told the Public Television of Armenia.

According to him, all 19 trucks currently located in Kornidzor, on  the border of Armenia and Azerbaijan, are currently idle, but the  international community is showing more and more attention to this  problem.

Sargsyan refuted the information of Azerbaijani sources that the  citizen of Artsakh Rashid Beglaryan, who was detained the day before,  is connected with the transportation of humanitarian cargo. "This  information is aimed at discrediting this exclusively humanitarian  initiative, it is of a provocative nature, and the citizen of Artsakh  has nothing to do with the "Spayka" company, which transports  humanitarian cargo. All of our 19 drivers are in place, there are no  problems in this regard," he said.

Touching upon the situation related to the transportation of  humanitarian cargoes, Sargsyan noted that at present there have been  no changes in the transportation of humanitarian cargoes.  At the  same time, there is a significant increase in concern and attention  to this problem from the international community, in particular from  the United States, various European structures, and international  human rights organizations. "From France, we hear statements and  calls from various political parties, which mainly call on Azerbaijan  to open the Lachin corridor, which was closed almost eight months  ago, and not to impede the transportation of humanitarian goods," the  representative of the working group said.

According to Sargsyan, this proves that there is a clear awareness in  the international community that the deepening crisis in  Nagorno-Karabakh is real, and that there is a real threat to people's  lives. "At the same time, we are seeing a deterioration in the  situation in Nagorno-Karabakh itself, when people literally faint in  lines for bread, there is an acute shortage of food, medicines and  essentials, and our trucks stand still, the cargo does not reach the  place appointments," he said.

Sargsyan also noted that there is still no response from the Russian  peacekeepers.