Karabakh disappointed with EU, U.S. over reactions to Azerbaijan’s blockade

PanARMENIAN.Net - Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) ex-President Arayik Harutyunyan has said that he is disappointed with the reactions of the EU and the U.S. to Azerbaijan’s nine-month blockade of the Lachin Corridor, CNN says in a fresh article.

As the blockade carries on with no end in sight, Peter Stano, an EU foreign affairs spokesperson, told CNN of his “deep concern over the serious humanitarian situation” and called for the full resumption of traffic through the Lachin corridor, including medical evacuations and humanitarian supplies.

A United States State Department spokesperson told CNN by email: “We urge the government of Azerbaijan to restore free transit of commercial, humanitarian, and private vehicles through the Lachin corridor expeditiously.”

But Harutyunyan said he was “disappointed with the reactions of the EU and the US so far” and argued the “reasons behind the European and American inaction and failures are purely geopolitical.”

“These reasons include energy reliance on Azerbaijan,” he added.

According to Reuters, the European Union agreed in July 2022 to double gas imports from Azerbaijan by 2027.