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The decision of the International Court of Justice regarding the unblocking of the Lachin corridor is legally binding, according to the UN Charter, as well as the court's charter. Yeghishe Kirakosyan, Armenia’s representative for international legal affairs, said this at Monday’s meeting of the Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs of the National Assembly of Armenia.

"The draft stipulates that the interstate claim be submitted to the European Court on the basis of the [Armenian] government's decision, and the authority to submit the claim for the interim measure is given to the representative of International Legal Affairs, as such claims arise from urgent situations, and the adoption of the government's decision can be a time-consuming process," he said, presenting the bill on making addenda and an amendment to the law "On International Legal Affairs Representative."

Noting that with the current regulations, the representative of Armenia on international legal affairs submits a request to the European Court to apply an interim measure based on European rules, which are also the basis for interpreting the powers of the Armenian representation at the European Court, Yeghishe Kirakosyan noted that the draft proposes to define these powers in accordance with Armenia’s respective law.

Opposition MP Artsvik Minasyan asked Kirakosyan what Armenia was doing so that the issue of Azerbaijan's failure to comply with the decision of the International Court of Justice to reopen the Lachin corridor will be discussed at the UN Security Council session.

"The decision adopted by the International Court of Justice regarding the unblocking of the Lachin corridor, according to the UN Charter, has legal binding force according to the UN and the international court charter and must be implemented by Azerbaijan.

"Unfortunately, we face the reality that Azerbaijan generally ignores the decision. Not only ignores, but also tries to distort the content of the decision from the highest official level to the lower official levels. This was also recently expressed in the letter of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan addressed to the Secretary General of the United Nations, to which, in response, a letter was also submitted by our [foreign] minister," Kirakosyan said.

He informed that the attempts of other countries to present the issue of non-implementation of interim resolutions to the UN Security Council were not successful, as they mainly concerned one of the permanent Security Council members, and this member exercised its right of veto.

"In our case, it is necessary to work in that direction; I know that our colleagues at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs [of Armenia] are already working in that direction," said the representative of Armenia on international legal affairs, and he explained that the issue of the Lachin corridor can be considered ay the UN Security Council in two ways—under Article 94 of the UN Charter and within the framework of the implementation of Chapter 7; the powers to ensure international peace and security, as the closure of the Lachine corridor poses risks to international peace and security.

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