The President of Artsakh, Arayik Harutyunyan, referred to the closure of the Lachin Corridor by Azerbaijan, noting that their demand is far from being called environmental.

According to Arayik Harutyunyan, the last rally in Stepanakert, the appointment of Ruben Vardanyan as state minister, and his visit to France was painfully received in Azerbaijan. "They have formed a stereotype that we have put up with social and domestic problems and will abandon our national self-determination policy. But such a big rally, a visit to France was a shock for Azerbaijan. There have been many threats against me, etc.

Provocative actions will not yield results, and Stepanakert will not make unilateral concessions. In response to the observation visit of the so-called environmentalists, the authorities of Artsakh also presented demands.

We have been very constructive, but all our suggestions have been brushed aside. If their goal is ecological observation, monitoring, we proposed it, which was not accepted, because their goal was to block the road."

According to him, it is necessary to realize that if we extract any concession with such pressures, we will have the next submission, "Until today, we have never made any concessions; we have never solved any issue unilaterally or by coercion. There were always conversations, as a result of which we reached an agreement. It was problems related to infrastructure, road, and water use of Sarsang. There was always a dialogue, this time, it was violated," said Araik Harutyunyan.