The staff of the President of Azerbaijan has also released a message about the telephone conversation between the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and the President of France Emmanuel Macron.

According to the message of the Azerbaijani side, during the telephone conversation, the Armenia-Azerbaijan relations were discussed as the situation in the Lachin Corridor.

Ilham Aliyev asserted that "the road is open for use for humanitarian purposes and there are no obstacles, adding that the passage of ambulances is ensured by the mediation of the local office of the International Committee of the Red Cross, without the need for other institutions."

During the conversation, Ilham Aliyev noted that "Armenia still occupies 8 villages belonging to Azerbaijan."

The report states that "Ilham Aliyev expressed regret for the activities against Azerbaijan during the Francophonie and other international events."

Emmanuel Macron, for his part, said that France is ready to support the normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan and the continuation of peace treaty negotiations.

It should be reminded that the French side also informed about the telephone conversation, noting that Emmanuel Macron called to ensure free movement between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.

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 has also interrupted the gas supply of the Republic of Artsakh. The gas supply was restored on December 16.