Aid Flows to Karabakh Region After US, EU Push to End Blockade
- Red Cross sends food, medicines via Lachin corridor and Agdam
- US, EU had urged Azerbaijan to reopen Lachin link from Armenia
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid bound for the Nagorno-Karabakh region line up at the entrance to the Lachin corridor on Aug. 30.
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The International Committee of the Red Cross began delivering food and medicines to the Nagorno-Karabakh region that’s at the center of a conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia, effectively ending a three-month blockade that caused international alarm.
Azerbaijani TV channels on Monday showed an ICRC aid truck cross a checkpoint into Nagorno-Karabakh via the Lachin corridor, the only road connecting the region to Armenia. The route has been largely blocked since December by Azerbaijan and the last humanitarian aid was delivered via Lachin on June 15.