During the press conference, the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, again insisted that the Lachin corridor is open.

According to him, trucks of Russian peacekeepers and vehicles of the Red Cross passed through the corridor within a month.

Speaking about the control of the Azerbaijani side in the corridor, Aliyev said that "it is not the case that they are just controlling the corridor". He claimed that Iranian cars also passed on the road, some of which, according to Aliyev, had Armenian license plates.

The President of Azerbaijan also mentioned that, according to his claim, the Armenian side makes "false" statements about the blockade and directs them to the international community, and said that "there is no blockade in Artsakh."

Aliyev also greeted and sent words of encouragement to the "young environmentalists" who have blocked the Lachin Corridor for 30 days, saying that "they are fighting for their rights" and that "their demands are just".

It should be reminded that since December 12, 2022, Azerbaijan 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.