Despite the ruling of the International Court of Justice published on February 22, Azerbaijan continues to illegally close the only passable asphalted road of the Lachin Corridor connecting Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said during the Government sitting.
"As a result of this, the humanitarian situation in Nagorno-Karabakh continues to be tense. At the same time, we see directed actions by Azerbaijan aimed at military-wise escalating the situation on the contact line with Nagorno-Karabakh", said Pashinyan.
According to the Prime Minister, the last outrageous manifestation of this was the killing of three police officers of Nagorno-Karabakh by an Azerbaijani sabotage group on March 5.
"Let me remind you that the police officers were traveling to the villages of Old Shen and Mets Shen in NK for the service.
Another incident took place in Nagorno-Karabakh in the area of responsibility of the Russian peacekeeping troops.
It is important to record that the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation clearly stated in the message released on March 6 that the initiator of the incident was the Azerbaijani side. In the message of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, it is also stated that a procedure is being conducted with the participation of the representatives of Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan to find out the details of the incident.
In this regard, I think that the fact that the murders of NK policemen took place in the Lachin corridor should be given special consideration.
As you remember, according to point 6 of the trilateral statement of November 9, 2020, the Lachin Corridor is not only the road closed by Azerbaijan since December 12, 2022, but also a 5 km wide area, a security zone.
Therefore, the killings carried out by Azerbaijan on March 5 constitute a triple violation of the trilateral declaration of November 9, 2020. Not only the ceasefire, not only the NK line of contact, but also the 5-kilometer zone of the Lachin Corridor has been violated", Pashinyan said.
