“Armenia will not participate in the negotiations regarding the Lachin Corridor” |

Speaker Negotiations with Azerbaijan “Mountain Karabakh“he said that the government will take it

“Armenia He will not participate in the negotiations with Azerbaijan regarding the opening of the Lachin corridor. “Highland Karabakh“The authorities have the opportunity to negotiate directly with Azerbaijan.”

This statement Armenia National Chairman of the Assembly Alen Simonyan in an interview with the Armenian bureau of “Azadlig” radio said.

Alen Simonyan emphasized that the Official Yerevan “Mountain Karabakh“will support any decision of the government.

Armenia according to the speaker of the parliament, “Nagorno-Karabakh” power Azerbaijan directly contacted by:

“There were contacts during the first two weeks of the blockade, and at this stage these contacts have stopped.”

Alen Simonyan did not say who conducted the negotiations from the Karabakh side.

“Until recently, I knew who spoke and how they spoke. There was also contact with the president. If I say now that this did not happen, it would be a lie,” added Simonyan.

“Is it correct that Armenia does not participate in the negotiations regarding the Lachin Corridor?” Simonyan: “Has Armenia closed the Lachin corridor?” – he answered.

Speaker He explained the reason why Armenia did not intervene in the negotiations regarding the Lachin Corridor:

“If Armenia goes for it, then it will have to declare the tripartite statement invalid. Azerbaijan one of its goals is to draw Armenia to these negotiations, so that the opening of a corridor through the territory of Armenia will come up. For this reason, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia in December in Moscow did not join the meeting”.

What is happening in the Lachin corridor?

From the morning of December 12 Azerbaijan representative of a group of non-governmental organizations, a media representative and a social activist Russia closed the Shusha-Khankendi road, which is under the temporary control of peacekeepers.

Action participants Azerbaijan illegal exploitation of mineral deposits protest saying what they did Khojaly and although they wanted to go to Khankendi, the peacekeeping contingent did not allow them.

The participants said that the ranks of the action were expanding.

On December 13, various voluntary groups and civil society representatives joined the action.

To the civil society representatives who could not join the action social it is also claimed that they were given instructions to carry out propaganda in the network and media.

Activists set up tents in the area Russia commander of peacekeeping forces general-they demanded a meeting with Major Andrey Volkov.

On the 4th day of the action, the protesters put forward a new demand.

Those requirements include all state institutions in the area Azerbaijan Ministry of Internal Affairs, State Border Service, State Customs Committee is the establishment of separate checkpoints.

They want to have separate posts of DSC and DGK in the direction of Lachin, on the border with Armenia.

History

2020in September Azerbaijan and Armenia A conflict has begun between the armed forces.

More than 6,000 soldiers from both sides in the conflict, which lasted 44 days and was called the Second Karabakh War perished has been

Azerbaijan regained control over a part of the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.

That year 10 to the November statement (Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia signed between) basically, the fighting has stopped.

After that, in the corridor of Lachin and in Karabakh Russian peacekeepers placed.

Before the second Karabakh war, until the ceasefire agreement in 1994 Azerbaijan The Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 adjacent districts were occupied.

The conflict in Armenia since the USSR To Azerbaijan It started with territorial claims.