According to the Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Berlin, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on February 7 called for the reopening of an important corridor to Nagorny-Karabakh disputed areafollowing talks with his Armenian counterpart.
Speaking to the press, Foreign Minister of Germany, the country leading the mission European Union (EU) in the region, said the humanitarian situation is very tense, the immediate end of the blockade is absolutely necessary.
[Nga sẵn sàng triển khai quân tới biên giới Armenia-Azerbaijan]
Ms. Baerbock asserts: “The supermarket shelves are almost empty, there is a shortage of medicine… members of many families are stuck in Armenia and cannot return to their loved ones, while the students are at school. suffering from extreme cold energy supply completely cut off.”
Baerbock said that following talks with her Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan, the task now is to ensure stability and, above all, strengthen confidence in the volatile region. This includes setting up emergency hotlines between national and local governments.
According to Ms. Baerbock, as the team leader, Germany will coordinate with local police and civilian experts.
Since mid-December 2022, a group of Azerbaijanis have blocked off the only road from Armenia to the Karabakh region to protest what they see as illegal mining causing environmental damage.
As a result, the mountainous region of regarding 120,000 people, already living with shortages of food, medicine and fuel, has become even more difficult.
Nagorny-Karabakh is located deep in the southwestern part of Azerbaijan, but has a majority of the population of Armenian descent who want to annex the area to Armenia.
This has caused a sovereignty dispute between the two neighbors, which culminated in a conflict that lasted from February 1988 to May 1994.
Since 2008, Azerbaijan and Armenia have held more than 10 high-level meetings to resolve the issue, but have yet to find a solution because both consider the disputed territory to be their sovereignty and do not accept it. Mediation options are offered.
Phuong Hoa (VNA/Vietnam+)
