The representation of Azerbaijan in NATO blamed Yerevan for the situation around the Lachin corridor

Azerbaijan's representation in NATO blamed Yerevan for the situation around the Lachin road, saying that "Armenia gets so desperate as Lachinroad is no longer available for its illegal activities, plundering natural resources, transfer of weapons and personnel, as it should have been in the letter and spirit of Trilateral Statement."

 "The present blockade is designed to, in the words of the Genocide Convention, “deliberately inflict conditions of life calculated to bring about the end of a national, ethnical, racial or religious group in whole or in part," the mission's Twitter account said in a statement.

 As Interfax-Azerbaijan reports, the country's representation in NATO stated that "Lachin road is the sovereign territory of Azerbaijan, which has agreed to be used exclusively for humanitarian purposes in accordance with the sixth point of the tripartite declaration, and even less than two years of operation."  delivered the new way."

 "Azerbaijan has conscientiously fulfilled all its obligations, and Armenia has been using the Lachin road for illegal activities since the first days.  Armenia has also not opened all transportation communications in the region, which is a gross violation of point 9 of the tripartite declaration," the NATO mission emphasized.

 "Armenia used the Lachin road for the illegal transportation of weapons and personnel," the statement said.

It should be reminded that since december 12, 2022, 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.

Because of the blockade, it is not possible to deliver 400 tons of food and medicine from Armenia to Artsakh every day, as a result of which there is a shortage of food and medicine.

 350 patients cannot receive treatment in Armenia.  13 children are in the neonatal and intensive care units, and 13 patients are in the intensive care unit.  6 are in critical condition.  During these days, 13 Armenians and 4 foreigners in need of emergency medical care were transferred to Armenia only through the mediation of the Red Cross, and one of the patients in Artsakh who needed medical care and was in critical condition died.

The rally of Artsakh mothers in front of the building of the International Committee of the Red Cross

On January 9, in Stepanakert, in front of the building of the International Committee of the Red Cross,  mothers from Artsakh gathered with a request to provide humanitarian aid and take measures to prevent a humanitarian disaster.

About 20 vehicles of the Russian peacekeeping troops passed through the Lachin corridor

The Azerbaijani APPA agency reported that today about 20 vehicles of the Russian peacekeeping troops passed through Lachin Corridor.

 "The protesters left the road and created conditions for the passage of cars," the news agency notes.

At the same time, the Azerbaijani news media also published a video showing the cars of the peacekeeping troops passing through the corridor of Lachin.

Ararat Mirzoyan received the members of the EU technical assessment mission

On January 9, the RA Minister of Foreign Affairs Ararat Mirzoyan received the members of the EU technical assessment group headed by Marchin Vidra. The team was sent to Armenia to consider the possibility of deploying a new EU civilian mission.  The head of the EU delegation in Armenia, Andrea Wiktorin, also participated in the meeting, RA MFA reports.

The parties referred to the work of the EU observation mission that ended on December 19.  In this context, Minister Mirzoyan highly appreciated the role of the observation mission in strengthening stability in the region and preventing new aggressions against Armenia and expressed readiness to continue cooperation.  A number of issues of mutual interest were also discussed.

RA Minister of Defense visited the central assembly station of the Defense Ministry

To get familiar with the work of winter conscription started on January 9, RA Defense Minister Suren Papikyan, accompanied by Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, First Deputy Minister of Defense, Major General Eduard Asryan, visited the central assembly station of the Defense Ministry.

Those responsible for the conscription process presented to the head of the defense department the process of meeting and accepting conscripts, medical examination, as well as the organization of the lottery.

Suren Papikyan toured the assembly station and gave instructions to conduct the whole process of military recruitment effectively and properly.

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