Armenia has appealed to the United Nations, urging it to act and force Azerbaijan to remove a blockade on a vital road linking Yerevan to the contested Nagorno-Karabakh enclave.
Armenia called on the UN’s top court on Wednesday to order its archival Azerbaijan to withdraw a blockade from a key road connecting Yerevan to the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh enclave.
On April 23, Azerbaijan set up a roadblock at the entrance to the Lachin corridor, the only road linking Armenia to the separatist region.
Before that, Yerevan had accused Baku of blocking the vital artery for nearly six months.
On February 22, the UN’s top judicial body, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), ordered Azerbaijan to ensure free movement on the road, which is vital for supplying the population of Nagorno-Karabakh.
The region is populated mainly by Armenians who broke away from Baku with Yerevan’s help.
Both former Soviet republics have appealed to the ICJ, which sits in The Hague, to intervene in the dispute.
In December 2021, the court ordered the two countries to avoid aggravating their dispute.
The ICJ rules on disputes between states, but while its decisions are final, it cannot enforce them.
Miroslava Salazar with AFP
