Procession in Yerevan to demand opening of Lachin corridor

Rally participants in Yerevan demand steps from authorities to open Lachin corridor

A procession is held in Yerevan on Wednesday to demand the authorities to take steps to unblock the Lachin corridor linking Armenia with Nagorno-Karabakh, RIA Novosti news agency reported.

The rally was organised by the youth union of the Dashnaktsutyun party. The procession started from the Matenadaran Institute of Ancient Manuscripts and will end in front of the Cabinet building.

“We are marching from Matenadaran to the government building to demand that the de facto authorities fulfil their constitutional obligations, steps to unblock the corridor,” the organizers of the march said.

The Russian Defense Ministry earlier reported that on December 12 the Azerbaijani side blocked the Stepanakert-Goris road, the only highway connecting Nagorno Karabakh with Armenia, so the Russian peacekeepers’ command is negotiating with representatives of Azerbaijan to resume unhindered movement of civil transport along this route. The U.S. State Department also called on Azerbaijan to unblock the Lachin corridor. Baku calls what is happening a protest by civic activists and environmentalists against the “illegal activities of the Armenian side”.

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Procession in Yerevan to demand opening of Lachin corridor