At the emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on August 16, the discussion about the blockade of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) did not yield anything. Adam Schiff, a member of the US House of Representatives and the co-chair of the US Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, said this in a video message posted on X—former Twitter.

It is a disaster in Artsakh, 120,000 residents are deprived of the supply of food, medicine and other essential goods, and resultant deaths are already being recorded, the US congressman said.

He reminded that the Armenians living in Artsakh continue to be under siege because Azerbaijan has closed off the Lachin corridor, only road connecting Artsakh to Armenia, and called for an urgent response to the situation.

Schiff informed that he had a telephone conversation with the US ambassador to the UN and talked about the aforesaid Security Council emergency meeting.

A resolution is needed that will demand to stop this violation of international law, and it is necessary to ensure the unimpeded supply of food and medicine, as well as the free movement of people, he said.

US President Joe Biden and the US administration must do much more. They should stop the military aid to Azerbaijan and make sure that the illegal blockade will be stopped. Azerbaijan does not need to be provided a single penny, at least now, when this disaster continues. The US cannot remain silent, the administration must speak and act, and some steps must be taken. Otherwise, people will continue to die, the US lawmaker stated.

He recalled that thousands of people have already died in the war unleashed by Azerbaijan in 2020, and this country continues to illegally keep prisoners of war, violating international law.

Adam Schiff added that he is deeply concerned about the threat of a new genocide of Armenians.