On February 8, Pyotr Ilyichev, Director of the Department of International Organizations of the Russian Foreign Ministry, stated that UN humanitarian agencies "have not yet received the permission of Azerbaijanis and Armenians to enter Nagorno-Karabakh, even for the purpose of carrying out a primary needs assessment mission."

After this announcement, Infocom sent a request to the Armenian Foreign Ministry, asking them to answer the following questions.

• Has RA banned the entry of any UN agency, structure, or program (whether humanitarian or other) into Nagorno-Karabakh?
• If so, which UN structure, agency, and/or program are we talking about, as well as what was the reason for not allowing it to enter NK?
• If not, why don't such structures or agencies have access to NK?
• What is Armenia's position regarding the entry of UN humanitarian structures, agencies, and programs into NK?

The RA MFA answered all these questions in one paragraph, denying that there was any such ban by RA.

"Armenia did not prevent international humanitarian organizations from entering Nagorno Karabakh. On the contrary, Armenia has always announced the need for international humanitarian organizations to enter Nagorno-Karabakh and operate unhindered in order to assess the situation on the ground and carry out appropriate actions."

We also inquired from the MFA whether RA applied to the UN World Food Program or any other UN humanitarian structure, or agency with a request to visit Nagorno-Karabakh.

The MFA gave the same answer to this question as the MFA spokesman Vahan Hunanyan did a month ago. "As in the post-war period, as well as in 2022, since Azerbaijan blocked the Lachin Corridor on December 12, the RA Foreign Ministry and the relevant state departments have been in constant contact with various international organizations to address the problems arising from the humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh."

Thus, the Republic of Armenia denies that it prevented international humanitarian organizations from entering Nagorno-Karabakh. And the fact that Azerbaijan created such obstacles is a well-known fact. Both the Armenian side and the UN have talked about it.