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Armenia’s Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan on Friday held a phone call with Samantha Power, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Armenian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

During the phone conversation, the foreign minister briefed the USAID chief on the deteriorating humanitarian situation due to Azerbaijan’s blockade since December 12 of the only road connecting Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) to Armenia, known as the Lachin Corridor.

“Minister Mirzoyan underlined that Azerbaijan's actions are aimed at subjecting 120,000 Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh to ethnic cleansing,” the ministry said.

“Emphasizing that Azerbaijan flagrantly violates its commitments assumed by the trilateral statement of November 9, 2020, the Foreign Minister of Armenia highlighted the importance of precise efforts of the international community aimed at restoration of the Lachin Corridor’s regular operation and prevention of the humanitarian crisis,” reads the statement.