As a result of the illegal blockade of the Lachin corridor by Azerbaijan, the humanitarian crisis in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) is intensifying day by day. And after the Azerbaijani provocation near the Hakari bridge on June 15, Karabakh is deprived of all kinds of goods deliveries. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated about this at Thursday’s Cabinet meeting of the Armenian government.

"Even the Russian peacekeepers stationed in Nagorno-Karabakh do not have the opportunity to deliver supplies because the Lachin corridor is completely blocked. Natural gas and electricity supplies to Nagorno-Karabakh have also been disrupted by Azerbaijan for months," Pashinyan said.

"At the same time, we see a continuous escalation of Azerbaijani rhetoric and propaganda, especially in the direction of Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan's baseless accusations against Armenia do not stop. In particular, Azerbaijan continues to demand from Armenia to withdraw the units of Armenia’s army from Nagorno-Karabakh in the conditions that Armenia has no soldiers in Nagorno-Karabakh," the Armenian PM added.

"I record once again: there is no Armenia army in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army functions in Nagorno-Karabakh, the reasons for its existence can be found every day in the official propaganda and actions of Azerbaijan, the undisguised essence of which is to subject the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh to ethnic cleansing and genocide. Basically, today we see the creeping implementation of that policy in Nagorno-Karabakh," said Pashinyan.