Yerevan: On Saturday, Armenia urged the UN Security Council to convene a crisis meeting on Nagorno-Karabakh, citing a "deteriorating humanitarian situation" and accusing Azerbaijan of obstructing supplies to the tense region.

Since the 1980s, the Caucasus neighbours have been at odds over the enclave, which is widely acknowledged as being a part of Azerbaijan, and have fought two wars over it.

In the second, which took place in 2020, Azerbaijan gained a sizable amount of territory while defeating Armenian forces.

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Mher Margaryan, Armenia's permanent representative to the UN, wrote to the body that "the Armenian government demands the intervention of the UN Security Council as the main organ for safeguarding global security."

The Lachin corridor, a brief, mountainous road connecting Armenia to Armenian-populated settlements in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, has been the subject of months of accusations from Yerevan that Baku has stopped traffic through it.

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The majority-Armenian region of Azerbaijan was experiencing "serious shortages" of food, medicine, and fuel, as well as interruptions in the supply of electricity and gas, according to Margaryan's letter.

According to Margaryan, patients with illnesses like diabetes and cardiovascular diseases have increased mortality rates as a result of this situation.

He cautioned, charging Azerbaijan with "deliberately creating intolerable living conditions for the population" that "the population of Nagorno-Karabakh today stands on the edge of a veritable humanitarian catastrophe."

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He claimed that was a "atrocity" intended to drive them from their homes.
The humanitarian situation in Nagorno-Karabakh is dire and getting worse, with shortages of food, medicine, and energy, according to Armenia and international aid organisations.
Despite efforts by the EU, US, and Russia to mediate, the two neighbours have been unable to come to a lasting peace agreement.