White House: We continue to urge Azerbaijan to restore free transit  through corridor leading to Nagorno-Karabakh

ArmInfo. "I think, as we've said many times, we certainly remain deeply concerned about the 

continued closure of that corridor in Nagorno-Karabakh to commercial, 

humanitarian, and private vehicles."  This was stated at a briefing 

by the Coordinator for Strategic Communications at the National 

Security Council (NSC) in the White House, John F. Kirby, referring 

to the situation around the Kashatagh (Lachin) corridor.

"We want to see that corridor opened up again. We continue to urge 

the Government of Azerbaijan to restore free transit of commercial, 

humanitarian, and private vehicles through the corridor 

expeditiously," he noted.

At the same time, he stressed " We have maintained a level of 

dialogue and diplomacy at various levels, and that continues - all 

the way from the National Security Council, Mr.Sullivan and Mr. 

Finer, to over at the State Department. I mean, we are engaged on a 

routine basis to see if we can achieve a better outcome 

diplomatically." However, he refused to comment on "reports of India 

supplying arms to Armenia through Iran at a time when Armenia and 

Azerbaijan are negotiating a peace treaty".

"I haven't seen those reports, so I'm going to - I'll take your 

question and we'll see if we can get you a better answer. I haven't 

seen that. All I can say is that we're going to continue to stay 

engaged diplomatically to encourage a peaceful resolution here for - 

and an easing of tensions, and certainly to get the corridor open 

again in Nagorno-Karabakh so that humanitarian assistance and 

supplies can get to the people that need it most. But I just - you're 

just going to have to let me take your question because I haven't 

seen that report and I don't want to speculate," he concluded.