February 6, 2023

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Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement:

“It has been almost two months since Azerbaijan initiated its blockade of the Lachin corridor, the only road in or out of Nagorno- Karabakh. This corridor is the lifeline for a community of approximately 120,000 people, including tens of thousands of children, who now face food, medicine, electricity, and gas shortages.

“Unfortunately, this inhumane blockade appears to fit a pattern of destabilizing activities by Azerbaijan’s government that undermines prospects for peace in the region. I call on the Aliyev regime to immediately reopen the Lachin corridor, resume the peaceful transit of humanitarian aid and commerce, and restore freedom of movement to and from Nagorno-Karabakh.”