At the beginning of the RA Government session, Nikol Pashinyan referred to the situation in the Lachin Corridor.

He emphasized again that Azerbaijan does not fulfill the obligation assumed by the tripartite statement of November 9.

“De facto, it turns out that the obligation recorded in the tripartite declaration, that is, to keep the Lachin Corridor under control, is not fulfilled by the Russian peacekeeping troops either. Of course, something like this happens as a result of Azerbaijan’s illegal actions, but this does not change the situation, because the main purpose of the presence of the Russian peacekeeping troops is to prevent such illegality from happening, and in particular to keep the Lachin Corridor under control,” said the Prime Minister.

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 blockade. 1.100 civilians, including 270 minors, cannot return to Artsakh, some of them temporarily staying in Syunik. 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.