09:22,

YEREVAN, APRIL 26, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has held a phone call with President of the European Council Charles Michel.

“Views were exchanged around the military-political and humanitarian situation in the region,” the Prime Minister’s Office said in a readout.

The Armenian Prime Minister “emphasized that the Azerbaijani side’s steps in the Lachin Corridor are aimed at the consistent implementation of its policy of committing ethnic cleansing in Nagorno Karabakh and fully depopulating Nagorno Karabakh.”

PM Pashinyan also “stressed the importance of an adequate reaction by the international community to Azerbaijan’s actions undermining regional security, as well as implementation of practical steps in the direction of the unconditional fulfillment of the International Court of Justice ruling.”

The Armenia-Azerbaijan negotiations process was also discussed.

“The sides attached importance to consistent efforts in the direction of ensuring stability and peace in the region.”

The Lachin Corridor has been blocked by Azerbaijan since 12 December 2022. 

The United Nations’ highest court – the International Court of Justice (ICJ) – ordered Azerbaijan on February 22 to “take all steps at its disposal” to ensure unimpeded movement of persons, vehicles and cargo along the Lachin Corridor in both directions. Azerbaijan has so far ignored the ruling.