USAID chief says closure of Lachin Corridor can cause humanitarian crisis

PanARMENIAN.Net - Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Samantha Power has said that Azerbaijan’s closure of Lachin corridor – which is the sole route connecting Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia – has the potential to cause a significant humanitarian crisis

“The Lachin Corridor must be re-opened immediately - the closure has the potential to cause a significant humanitarian crisis,” Power said in Twitter Thursday, December 16.

“This corridor is an essential route for the flow of much needed food and medical supplies that must be allowed to flow freely.”

For several days now, the key road has been blocked by Azerbaijanis who claim to be environmentalists. Azerbaijan had also deprived the people of Karabakh of gas supplies.”