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The International Court of Justice (ICJ) unequivocally rejected Azerbaijan's request to indicate provisional measure against Armenia, by which Azerbaijan accused Armenia of some kind of mining, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told a cabinet meeting on Thursday, referring to the World Court ruling issued on Wednesday.

The UN court also threw out Azerbaijan’s request to make Armenia stop laying land mines in the Lachin Corridor, which has repeatedly denied by Yerevan.

“Thus, we can record that the groundless accusations against Armenia about placing mines, which have been raised for several months on all international platforms, collapsed, and this is extremely important,” he stressed.

“Returning to the issue of Azerbaijan's obligation to open the Lachin Corridor, provided for by the court, I must emphasize that Azerbaijan must make visible efforts, take measures to open the Lachin Corridor. The very first and simplest step could be, for example, calling on the "eco-activists" from the highest echelons of authorities to open the Lachin Corridor. In any case, the lack of specific actions by Azerbaijan to open the Lachin Corridor can and should lead to specific international consequences,” Pashinyan added.