Armenian side highlights importance of addressing issues of rights  and security of Nagorno-Karabakh people under an international  mechanism

ArmInfo. On August 2, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan had a telephone  conversation with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell.

The interlocutors exchanged views on regional security issues.

They discussed the worsening humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh  resulting from the illegal blockade of the Lachin corridor by  Azerbaijan.

Ararat Mirzoyan emphasized the imperative of immediately lifting the  blockade of the Lachin corridor in line with the Orders of the  International Court of Justice of February 22 and July 6, as well as  the urgency of delivery of food, medicine and other basic necessities  to Nagorno-Karabakh. The need to ensure full and uninterrupted  functioning of the ICRC, the only humanitarian organization having  access to Nagorno- Karabakh, was stressed. Foreign Minister described  the case of abduction by the border guard service of Azerbaijan of  Vagif Khachatryan, who was being transported from Nagorno-Karabakh to  Armenia for medical treatment, as a flagrant violation of  international humanitarian law.

Minister Mirzoyan reiterated the position of the Armenian side on the  importance of addressing the issues of rights and security of  Nagorno-Karabakh people under an international mechanism. It was  emphasized that international partners should take clear steps to  prevent the actions of Azerbaijan aimed at ethnic cleansing in  Nagorno-Karabakh.