The CSTO assumes that the solution to the issue related to the Lachin Corridor, which elevates Yerevan at the international level, is beyond its scope of responsibility, CSTO General Secretary Stanislav Zas told RIA Novosti.

“There were no applications from Armenia regarding the Lachin Corridor. We proceed from the fact that it is outside CSTO’s area of responsibility,” Zas said.

It should be reminded that from 10:30 in the morning of December 12, a group of Azerbaijanis closed the Shushi-Karin section of the Stepanakert-Goris highway for “environmental” reasons, putting 120,000 residents of Artsakh under siege. 1100 civilians, including 270 minors, cannot return to Artsakh, some of them temporarily staying in Syunik marz. The transport connection of Lisagor, Mets Shen, Hin Shen, and Yegtsahogh villages of the Shushi region with the capital Stepanakert is interrupted. Since December 13, Azerbaijan also interrupted the gas supply of the Republic of Artsakh. The gas supply was restored on December 16.