YEREVAN, April 7. /TASS/. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call on Friday to discuss the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh and the Lachin Corridor, the Armenian cabinet said in a statement.
"The ongoing humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh, caused by Azerbaijan’s unlawful blockade of the Lachin Corridor, was discussed during the phone call. When speaking about dealing with the crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh, Prime Minister Pashinyan highlighted the importance of consistent steps by the Russian peacekeeping mission," the statement reads.
Pashinyan and Putin also discussed ways to restore transport links in the South Caucasus. "The parties considered issues pertaining to the implementation of the trilateral statements the leaders of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan adopted on November 9, 2020, on January 11 and November 26, 2021, and on October 31, 2022, including the unblocking of the regional transport infrastructure. The parties also touched upon Armenian-Russian relations," the statement added.