Canadian parliamentary committee to hold hearings on Azeri blockade of Lachin Corridor

• 01.16.2023, 11:42
•  World,  Armenia,  NKR

The Canadian parliament’s foreign affairs committee is expected to hold hearings this week on the blockade of Lachin Corridor, Armenpress reports.

"Conservatives on Canada’s Foreign Affairs Committee are working with other opposition parties to convene urgent hearings on the Artsakh / Nagorno-Karabakh Lachin Corridor blockade. Our committee must meet this week. Azerbaijan must end the blockade," Canadian Member of Parliament Garnett Genuis tweeted.

Canadian Member of Parliament Stephane Bergeron also tweeted that at the initiative of Bloc Québécois party and support from Conservatives and New Democrats the committee will hold a hearing on the "Azerbaijani blockade of the corridor linking Nagorno Karabakh with Armenia.

Azerbaijan is keeping the Lachin Corridor blocked since December 12, 2022. The blockade has led to a severe humanitarian crisis in Nagorno Karabakh.