The International Committee of the Red Cross has served as a lifeline to Nagorno Karabakh and then Azerbaijan cut off its last remaining source of essential food and medicine, U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman, Senator Robert Menendez wrote on his X/Twitter account.

“More than seven months into Azerbaijan's blockade, the time is now for the U.S. and its allies to exert pressure on Aliyev. Lives hang in the balance,” he added.

Nagorno Karabakh has been in blockade organized by Azerbaijan for seven months now. More than 120,000 people are deprived of food, medicine and other necessities. Armenia sent 360 tons of humanitarian aid to Nagorno Karabakh last week, but Azerbaijan would not allow it to pass through the checkpoint at the Lachin corridor.