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Inter’s Armenian midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan has denounced the ongoing Azerbaijani blockade of the Lachin corridor, the sole road connecting Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) to Armenia and the outside world.

“On Monday, Azerbaijan blocked the only road connecting Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia and the outside world. This is the only road of life which is used to deliver all cargo to the Nagorno-Karabakh population – from food to medicines,” he said in a statement.

“The 120,000 residents of the Republic, including 30,000 children, have found themselves in complete blockade.

“Moreover, Azerbaijan has cut off the gas supply – to the devastating effect. Considering it’s winter, and the temperature often dips below zero at nighttime, this puts the local population in immediate danger of freezing to death. And this is becoming a real humanitarian catastrophe.

“A physical blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh is tantamount to sentencing its people to a slow death,” Mkhitaryan underscored.