Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov sent a letter to UN Secretary General António Guterres, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Aykhan Hajizade wrote on Twitter, Azerbaijani media outlets report.

The letter contains a number of false statements, in particular, it is stated that “Azerbaijan, with the assistance of the ICRC, ensures the free passage of residents of the [Artsakh] Karabakh region of Azerbaijan of Armenian origin through the [Berdzor] Lachin border checkpoint, and an average of 25 to 30 people pass through it every day." The letter further notes that in parallel, Azerbaijan proposed to use the route through [Akna] Aghdam, and "the Armenian side continues to refuse Azerbaijan's assistance." According to Baku, "this indicates that the current manipulation of the humanitarian situation is a political game, the text says. 

Earlier it was reported that 68-year-old Vagif Khachatryan was abducted by representatives of the Azerbaijani border service and taken away in an unknown direction. His fate is currently unknown.