After the signing of the statement on November 9, 2020, Armenia spared no effort to achieve the normalization of relations with Azerbaijan and to ensure the rights and security of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced this Thursday during the joint news conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin.

"Unfortunately, instead of participating in negotiations in good faith, the Azerbaijani side continues its destructive policy, threatens Armenia's democracy, undermining our government's efforts aimed at establishing peace, stability, and security in the South Caucasus. Today, the most urgent problem is that since December 12, 2022, the only road connecting Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia and the outside world, the Lachin corridor, has been closed [by Azerbaijan], as a result of which 120,000 residents [of Karabakh] are effectively under a blockade. These actions of Azerbaijan are a gross violation of the obligations assumed on November 9, 2020, which are part of the large-scale and systematic policy of Azerbaijan aimed at the ethnic cleansing of the [Armenian] people of Nagorno-Karabakh," the Armenian PM added.

According to Pashinyan, it is very important to send an international fact-finding team to the Lachin corridor and Nagorno-Karabakh in order to present the situation more comprehensively to the international community.

"I shall emphasize that on February 22, the International Court of Justice [of the UN] made a legally binding decision against Azerbaijan, by which it forced Azerbaijan to take all necessary measures to ensure the uninterrupted movement of people, vehicles, and cargo through the Lachin corridor. We call on our international partners to take active steps to ensure the immediate implementation of the [aforesaid] court decision by Azerbaijan. We attach importance to Germany's clear position of democracy, protection of human rights, and preservation of universal values, which will support Armenia's efforts towards stability and peace in the South Caucasus," he said.