US, EU Warn on Azerbaijan-Armenia Tensions as Key Road Blocked
- Lachin corridor from Karabakh to Armenia closed since Monday
- Thousands died in war between Armenia, Azerbaijan in 2020
Soldiers on top of a tank in Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh in Nov. 2020.
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The US and the European Union called on Azerbaijan to restore movement along a vital road to the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh that’s been blocked by protesters for a third day.
A group of Azerbaijanis presenting themselves as environmental activists are facing off against Russian troops on the so-called Lachin corridor, the only route to Armenia for Nagorno-Karabakh’s majority Armenian population. The soldiers patrol the route under a truce brokered by Russian President Vladimir Putin to end a 2020 war between Armenia and Azerbaijan that killed thousands.