The Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Commons of Canada will convene an urgent hearing on the blockade of Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) by Azerbaijan, the Embassy of Armenia to Canada reports.

The hearing was initiated by the Bloc Québécois party and supported by the Conservative Party of Canada.

Since December 12, the sole road connecting Nagorno Karabakh to Armenia - the Lachin Corridor - has been blocked by self-described Azerbaijani environmentalists. Karabakh residents have reported food and fuel shortages, while hospital patients don't have access to essential medicines, with only a handful allowed transfer to facilities in Armenia proper.