On August 11, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that since December 2022, Azerbaijan has blocked commercial supplies to Nagorno-Karabakh by illegally blocking the Lachin Corridor. 

Pashinyan added: "If for a moment we do not consider this practice of Azerbaijan to block the entry of humanitarian goods to Nagorno Karabakh in the context of Azerbaijan's open policy of subjecting the Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh to genocide, that is, there is no other explanation if we put this circumstance aside. More precisely, the ban on the entry of humanitarian goods into Nagorno-Karabakh confirms the statements about Azerbaijan's policy of subjecting the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh to genocide."

"I believe that the humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh caused by the illegal blocking of the Lachin Corridor has developed to the point that greater efforts should be made to provide an international legal assessment of the situation, especially since Azerbaijan continues to fail to comply with the legally binding decisions of the International Court of Justice of February 22 and July 6 of this year on ensuring the unimpeded movement of people, goods, and vehicles through the Lachin Corridor," Pashinyan emphasized.

The Armenian leader said that Azerbaijan misreads the decision of July 6 by the International Court of Justice: "You remember that especially after the decision of July 6, Azerbaijan tried to present that with the decision of July 6, the International Court of Justice recorded that the decision of February 22 was fulfilled, and there is no need to refer to it. Meanwhile, something completely different was written in black and white. I personally read that decision. But Azerbaijan continued these comments, and international bodies, including high representatives of the United Nations and international partners, needed to record their attitude to the situation related to the Lachin Corridor in the context of decisions with the legally binding force of the International Court of Justice of February 22 and July 6."

Pashinyan said, "The Republic of Armenia, for its part, continues to reaffirm its commitment to the peace agenda and calls on official Baku to refrain from steps aimed at nullifying the historic opportunity to establish peace."