On December 12, the highway connecting Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia was blocked by the Azerbaijani side, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

Due to Azerbaijan’s disruption of gas supplies to Artsakh, education in institutions that are heated with gas will be temporarily suspended.

The shutting down of these vital lifelines by Azerbaijan is once again weaponizing critical infrastructure, the Armenian Caucus said.

The European Union and France urged Azerbaijan late on Tuesday, December 14 to unblock the sole road connecting Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia.

Alen Simonyan has described Azerbaijan’s blocking of the Armenia-Karabakh corridor as an attempt of ethnic cleansing of Armenians of Karabakh.

Ned Price said that the closure of the Lachin Corridor has severe humanitarian implications and sets back the peace process.