Azerbaijanis, posing as environmentalists, have blocked the roadway for over ten days.
A major player in Azerbaijan’s mining industry is Anglo Asian Mining PLC, a British firm operating in Azerbaijan.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin, during an interview with the Russian RIA Novosti news agency, shied away from commenting on how the status of Nagorno Karabakh will be dealt with in any possible peace treaty between Armenia and Azerba
Artsakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan, in video interviews with the French magazines Marianne and La Vie, called for global pressure on Baku to reopen the Lachin Corridor and thus save the lives of 120,000 Armenians in Artsakh.
More than 200 French celebrities, intellectuals, writers and artists, have published an open letter in the Figaro daily newspaper drawing attention to the closure of the Lachin Corridor and the danger of ethnic cleansing by Azerbaijan in Artsakh.
French President Emmanuel Macron has called on Azerbaijan to respect the 2020 Artsakh war ceasefire and allow the free movement of people and vehicles along the Lachin Corridor.