The convoy of 22 trucks carrying humanitarian cargo from NK has been standing motionless in the border area of Kornidzor for 16 days. Vardan Sargsyan, the representative of the humanitarian crisis management working group in Nagorno-Karabakh, summarizing the records of these days in a conversation with ‘Lurer’, mentioned that during these days, representatives of the diplomatic corps accredited in Armenia, international organizations, and in particular, the UN Yerevan office, UN agencies visited the border area of Kornidzor. They have witnessed that the Lachin corridor, which has been blocked for eight months, is closed, as a result of which it is not possible to deliver the humanitarian cargo to the people of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Sargsyan mentioned that this part of Kornidzor was also visited by many representatives of the international media, who being at a visible distance from the illegally installed control checkpoint by Azerbaijan, saw with their own eyes and assured that there is no movement at the checkpoint, it does not serve anyone.
“Despite the increase in general attention and interest from the international community, statements and concerns about the deepening crisis, media publications, we are still strangely witnessing the statements of the Azerbaijani side that the Lachin Corridor is open, but it has nothing to do with reality,” he said.
According to Sargsyan, there is no doubt in anyone's mind that this initiative of Armenia’s Government is exclusively humanitarian, and Azerbaijan's baseless speculations and attempts to politicize the issue cannot cast a shadow on this process.
“I hope this exclusively humanitarian initiative will be possible to implement, and the needs of the 120,000 people of Nagorno-Karabakh facing complex challenges will be met through luggage,” he said.
The risk of cargo spoilage is increasing day by day, what steps are being taken in this direction? Sargsyan answered this question.
“Trucks, at least those with cargoes with problems of usability and maintaining a certain temperature, are equipped with appropriate cooling and cooling systems. In this case, taking into account that the trucks have been stationary for 16 days, certain complications arise in terms of technically keeping them under control. In any case, until now, the cooling systems are regularly switched on, and this problem does not exist.”
