YEREVAN, JANUARY 16, ARMENPRESS. On January 16, the European Court of Human Rights sent an urgent notice to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe to monitor Azerbaijan's implementation of its December 21, 2022 decision to unblock the Lachin Corridor, ARMENPRESS was infomred from the official Facebook page of the representative of Armenia on International Legal Matters.

On December 22, 2022, Azerbaijan applied to the European Court, demanding the annulment of the decision to apply an interim measure. At the same time, Azerbaijan demanded to apply interim measures against Armenia.

In response, the Office of the Representative for International Legal Matters sent regularly updated information to the European Court in December 2022 and January 2023 about the dire humanitarian situation in Nagorno-Karabakh around the Lachin Corridor. At the same time, the Office of the Representative for International Legal Matters requested the European Court to send an immediate notification to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe regarding Azerbaijan's failure to comply with the decision of the European Court of December 21, 2022.

The European Court, taking into account the arguments presented by the parties, rejected Azerbaijan's claims in full today, leaving the decision of December 21, 2022 in force. The European Court also rejected Azerbaijan's request to apply an interim measure against Armenia.