“The developments around the Lachin Corridor are a test of sincerity for Armenia,” Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on December 29 at the 2022 closing press conference.

Considering the situation around the Kasheni mine, he said: “Exploitation of wealth in the territories of Azerbaijan is unacceptable.”

According to the head of the foreign political department of Turkey, they continue to adjust the process of normalization of relations with Armenia in close cooperation with Azerbaijan.

“Our relations with Azerbaijan are at the highest level,” the Turkish official stressed.

Since December 12, Azerbaijan has closed the Lachin Corridor connecting Artsakh to Armenia, as a result of which 120,000 residents of Artsakh, including 30,000 children, were under siege. 1100 civilians, including 270 minors, cannot return from Armenia to Artsakh.

Due to the blockade, it is not possible to deliver 400 tons of food and medicine to Artsakh every day from RA, as a result of which there is a shortage of food and medicine. On December 25, 10 tons of humanitarian cargo – children’s and other food, and medicine – was transferred from Armenia to Artsakh only once with the mediation of the ICRC. According to the Ministry of Artsakh, the medicine can satisfy the demand for 10 days.

350 patients cannot receive treatment in RA. 21 patients, including children, are in the intensive care unit. During these days, 5 Armenians and 4 foreigners in need of emergency medical care were transferred to RA only through the mediation of ICRC, and one of the patients in Artsakh who was in critical condition died.