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YEREVAN, AUGUST 17, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has warned that the humanitarian situation in Nagorno-Karabakh is getting worse day by day.
At the same time, farmers in Nagorno-Karabakh are being targeted by Azerbaijani military forces in shootings aimed at disrupting harvesting work, he added.
“On one hand Azerbaijan has blocked the 100 tons of flour sent by the Armenian government for Nagorno-Karabakh, and on the other hand it doesn’t allow the people of Nagorno-Karabakh to harvest its own grain to have flour. This is yet another fact that substantiates the narrative by international experts that Azerbaijan is committing genocide against the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh through starvation, therefore the opening of the Lachin Corridor must be viewed as a step aimed at genocide prevention. I think the international community ought to focus on this perception,” Pashinyan said at the Cabinet meeting.
The best solution of the situation would be the lifting of the illegal blockade by Azerbaijan and launching Stepanakert-Baku dialogue within the framework of an international mechanism, the Armenian PM added.
“The Republic of Armenia continues to reiterate its commitment to the peace agenda and calls upon official Baku to refrain from steps aimed at nullifying the historic chance for establishing peace,” Pashinyan said.
