Artsakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan referred to the session of the UN Security Council today.

“It is gratifying, it is very important that again the issue of Artsakh was raised from the highest international podium and Artsakh was on the agenda, and it was very important that the response was one-sided, that what is happening in Artsakh is unacceptable. I thank everyone who brought the issue to the UN Security Council, I also thank Armenia,” said Ruben Vardanyan on his Facebook page live.

He also informed that the first appointment was made, and the Minister of Health was appointed.

It should be reminded that yesterday, on December 20, a meeting of the UN Security Council was held, during which the situation in the Lachin Corridor was discussed.

During the session, Armenia called on the UN Security Council to take steps to demand that Azerbaijan lift the blockade of the Lachin Corridor, as well as deploy a fact-finding mission in the Lachin Corridor.

The US representative said that “they call on the government of Azerbaijan and others responsible for the security of the corridor to restore free traffic, including humanitarian and commercial use, as soon as possible.”

And the representative of the Russian Federation announced that they “succeeded in restoring the gas supply and partially opening the Lachin Corridor”.

From December 12 until today, Azerbaijan continues to close the only road connecting Artsakh to Armenia. On December 12, at 10:30 a.m., a group of Azerbaijanis closed the Shushi-Karin section of the Stepanakert-Goris highway, 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. Gas supply was restored on December 16.