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Nikol Pashinyan on Thursday renewed his call for the deployment of an international fact-finding mission to the Lachin Corridor and Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh).

Also, the Armenian prime minister insisted on dialogue between Baku and Stepanakert within the framework of an international mechanism.

"I consider it necessary to emphasize that the international mechanism is vitally necessary in this situation. Otherwise, as we have seen, Baku aborts the possibility of dialogue by all possible means," he told a cabinet meeting.

Pashinyan stressed the need to continue efforts to focus international attention on the humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh.

"The decisions of the International Court of Justice of February 22 and July 6 of this year should be in the core of that attention. With those decisions, the court obliged Azerbaijan to take all possible measures to guarantee the uninterrupted movement of citizens, vehicles and cargo in both directions through the Lachin Corridor," he said.

"I draw attention to this wording of the court: "uninterrupted movement in both directions". The court emphasized that its decision creates binding legal force for Azerbaijan. Open disregard of this decision by Azerbaijan is a clear manifestation of that country's policy of expatriation, because the characteristic of the practice of those implementing such policy is the disregard of legally binding decisions.

"And we must tirelessly promote the idea of sending an international fact-finding mission to the Lachin Corridor and Nagorno-Karabakh, because it is an absolute necessity, especially now.

"Of course, the priority in all aspects and the primary task remains the urgent delivery of humanitarian cargo to Nagorno-Karabakh and ensuring their access to Nagorno-Karabakh, and we will continue our daily work on this direction," the premier added.