the Secretary of Armenia’s Security Council Armen Grigoryan met with Senior Advisor for Caucasus Negotiations, the US Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Louis Bono on Wednesday, August 2.

According to a statement from the press service of the Security Council, the two discussed the process of regulating Armenian-Azerbaijani relations and addressed the issues of the rights and security of the people of Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh).

Grigoryan presented the humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh and its consequences, emphasizing the imperative of unblocking the Lachin Corridor.

The parties also discussed other issues of mutual interest.

Since December 12, 2022, the sole road connecting Nagorno Karabakh to Armenia - the Lachin Corridor - has been blocked by Azerbaijan. Baku tightened the blockade on June 15, 2023, banning emergency relief supplies that were carried out by Russian peacekeepers and the International Committee of the Red Cross through the sole road connecting Karabakh to Armenia and the outside world. The move aggravated the shortages of food, medicine and other essential items experienced by the region’s population.