Armenia expects Russia’s clear efforts to end Artsakh blockade ‘without preconditions’ – Panorama

Armenia’s Overseas Ministry on Tuesday urged Russia to clarify efforts to finish Azerbaijan’s blockade of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) “with out preconditions” and known as for the deployment of a global fact-finding mission to the Lachin Hall. The complete textual content of its assertion is offered beneath.

“The Ministry of Overseas Affairs attracts the eye of worldwide companions and all progressive humanity to the truth that for greater than three weeks Azerbaijan has been protecting Nagorno-Karabakh beneath the blockade, grossly violating the Lachin Hall the regime set by the Trilateral Assertion of November 9, 2020, and blocking the lifeline connecting Nagorno Karabakh to Armenia and the remainder of the world. It’s already the twenty third day that in entrance of the entire world Azerbaijan is forcing the inhabitants of Nagorno-Karabakh to deportation, pursuing its coverage of ethnic cleaning.

The humanitarian disaster in Nagorno-Karabakh is worsening daily. The shortage of important items, meals and drugs turns into increasingly more noticeable. The hazard of malnutrition is tangible. Lots of of households stay separated, being on totally different sides of the Azerbaijani blockade. 120,000 individuals turned de facto prisoners.

Azerbaijani claims that the Lachin Hall is open are completely groundless, which is confirmed at the least by the truth that solely the autos of the Worldwide Committee of the Purple Cross are allowed to move a restricted variety of sufferers to the Republic of Armenia in case of a life-threatening scenario.

Beneath these circumstances, we spotlight the significance of the pressing assembly of the UN Safety Council held on December 20, 2022, which was convened in response to the request of the Armenian aspect, aimed toward discussing the blockade of the Lachin Hall and its humanitarian penalties for the inhabitants of Nagorno Karabakh. We extremely respect the publicly expressed and clear calls by the overwhelming majority of the Safety Council members to finish the blockade of the hall by Azerbaijan and supply entry to Nagorno Karabakh for worldwide organisations. We additionally welcome the efforts of France throughout the ten-day interval following the aforementioned assembly of the Safety Council aimed toward adopting the press assertion of the President of the Safety Council concerning the scenario.

Armenia will proceed taking focused steps in all doable codecs, together with inside the framework of the UN Safety Council and worldwide and regional buildings, to make sure a resolute response and actions in accordance with the mandate and features of those buildings, for ending the blockade of the Lachin Hall and the ensuing humanitarian disaster which 120,000 individuals of Nagorno Karabakh are at present dealing with.

We additionally take into account it essential to ship a global fact-finding mission to Nagorno-Karabakh and the Lachin Hall to evaluate the humanitarian scenario on the bottom, in addition to to make sure unhindered humanitarian entry to Nagorno-Karabakh for related UN our bodies.

Azerbaijan ought to instantly reopen the Lachin Hall in step with the rules set in Level 6 of the Trilateral Assertion of November 9, 2020, in accordance with which Azerbaijan ensures the secure motion of residents, autos and cargo via the Lachin Hall, and the Lachin Hall is beneath the management of the peacekeeping contingent of the Russian Federation deployed in Nagorno-Karabakh. Because the provisions of the Trilateral Assertion have been violated because of Azerbaijan’s unlawful actions, we additionally count on Russia to clarify efforts to get rid of this flagrant violation with none preconditions.”