🇦🇲🇺🇳 The RA Foreign Minister and the UN Secretary General met in New York.
🔸 Ararat Mirzoyan presented to Antonio Guterres the latest regional developments, particularly the situation created in the Lachin Corridor and its consequences.
🔸 It was emphasized the need for an appropriate reaction of the international community regarding the created situation. [RA MFA]

❌ The message of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan that allegedly today, at 08:15, the units of the Defense Forces opened fire in the direction of the Azerbaijani positions, does not correspond to reality. [Press service of Artsakh Ministry of Defense]

🗣 Pashinyan thanked all the countries and international organizations that have already evaluated Azerbaijan's policy of closing the Lachin Corridor and causing a humanitarian disaster in Nagorno-Karabakh.
📌 "I must say that the silence of a number of friendly countries in this regard is at least strange," Pashinyan said.

🇨🇦 Canada is closely following the closure of the Lachin corridor. We call on Azerbaijan authorities to reopen the corridor and ensure freedom of movement to avoid any potential humanitarian impact. [Foreign Ministry of Canada]

The crisis arose as a result of Azerbaijan's failure to fulfill its international obligations.
📌 Nikol Pashinyan, while referring to the situation in the Lachin corridor at the beginning of the government session, once again said that no document signed by Armenia does not provide for the existence of any corridor on the territory of Armenia, and no verbal promise was given.
📌 He also mentioned that Azerbaijan violates the clause of the statement, according to which internally displaced persons and refugees return to NK territory and adjacent territories. "This wording means that there is Nagorno Karabakh, and NK has a territory..."

🔸 The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Marija Pejčinović Burić, expressed
concern regarding the humanitarian situation created around the Lachin Corridor.
🔸 "Dialogue is key to avoid escalating tensions. The Council of Europe is ready to assist reconciliation efforts between Armenia and Azerbaijan through confidence-building measures,” the spokesperson of the CE Secretary General wrote on Twitter.

🇷🇺🗣 Russia is concerned about the blocking of the Lachin Corridor, which was caused by disagreements between the parties over the exploitation of mines. This was stated by the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, noting that the Russian Ministry of Defense and the Russian peacekeeping force are actively working to de-escalate the situation these days.
📌 He emphasized that the Lachin Corridor, which provides a connection between Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia, is under the control of the Russian peacekeeping troops. "When signing the tripartite statement of November 9, 2020, the parties assumed obligations that must be strictly observed. Creating problems for the lives of the peaceful population is unacceptable." |ria.ru|

🇬🇷🗣 Greece calls on the authorities of Azerbaijan to ensure the freedom and security of bilateral movement and traffic through the Lachine Corridor without any preconditions, in accordance with the statement of November 9, 2020. The local population should not face hardship and distress.

❗️Azerbaijani media report that the "environmentalists" who closed the Lachin corridor have presented new demands.

📌 They now demand the control of the Azerbaijani side in the Lachin corridor, in particular, the creation of separate points of border and customs control. The Azerbaijani side justifies its demands with the fact that after the 44-day war, the Armenian side "used the Lachin Corridor to lay mines on the territory of Azerbaijan".

📌 According to the Azerbaijani media, the protesters demand that the territories of Nagorno-Karabakh, which are now under the control of the Russian peacekeeping troops, be jointly controlled by the Russian peacekeepers and the state bodies of Azerbaijan.

❗️As a result of the closure of Lachin corridor and cutting the gas supply by Azerbaijan, 120.000 people in NK have appeared in the status of a hostage. Schools and kindergartens are forced to suspend works; 22.000 children are deprived of the right to education. [RA PM Nikol Pashinyan]

📢 We call on Azerbaijan to ensure freedom of movement and security, and we also call on Armenia and Azerbaijan to resume peace negotiations as soon as possible. [MFA of the Netherlands] |armenpress.am|

⚖️ The European Court made a decision regarding the request to apply interim measures submitted by Armenia yesterday. The Court decided to give Azerbaijan time until Monday, December 19, at 4:00 p.m. (French time) to send a response to Armenia's request, after which the Court will make a final decision. [RA rrepresentative on international legal issues]

🇦🇲🗞 Daily News Summary [15.12.2022]

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❌ Today, the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan is spreading misinformation for the second time about the fact that the units of the Defense Forces violated the ceasefire regime, in particular, by opening fire at the Azerbaijani positions at 20:10. [Press service of Artsakh Ministry of Defense]

❗️ Gas supply in Artsakh was restored without any preconditions, without any concessions. Artsakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan said this during a live broadcast on Facebook.
📌 He also mentioned that it is possible that the road will be opened today by the decision of the Azerbaijanis.

🇦🇲🇬🇧 Ararat Mirzoyan had a meeting with his counterpart from the United Kingdom, Tariq Ahmad, in New York.
📌 Mirzoyan referred to the security situation in the South Caucasus, as well as the regulation of Armenia-Azerbaijan relations, the latest developments around the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
📌 Reference was also made to the possibilities of development of bilateral relations. [RA MFA]