US Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff witnesses Azerbaijani blockade of Lachin Corridor

US Senator Robert (Bob) Menendez, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations has sent a delegation of two committee staffers to Armenia.

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations representatives Sarah Arkin and Damian Murphy conducted the visit at the instruction of Senator Menendez.

On August 7, Arkin and Murphy met with Syunik Governor Robert Ghukasyan and Mayor of Goris city Arush Arushanyan and became acquainted with the situation on the borders of Syunik Province, Azerbaijan’s encroachments against the sovereign territory of Armenia, the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh and resulting humanitarian disaster, the Syunik Governor’s Office said in a statement.

The delegation also visited the village of Kornidzor and witnessed the closed Lachin Corridor and absence of traffic.

The U.S. Senate representatives also inspected the Armenian humanitarian convoy, which is unable to enter the Lachin Corridor and deliver emergency aid to the people of Nagorno-Karabakh.