YEREVAN, AUGUST 29, ARMENPRESS. United States Senator Robert Menendez has called out Azerbaijan for its “outrageous behavior” after three Armenians were kidnapped by Azeri border guards in Lachin Corridor on Monday. 

“Deeply troubled that Azerbaijan continues its outrageous behavior aimed at intimidating Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh, withholding humanitarian access, and undermining the critical work of the ICRC. This is unacceptable,” Menendez, the Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said in a post on X.

Deeply troubled that Azerbaijan continues its outrageous behavior aimed at intimidating Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh, withholding humanitarian access, and undermining the critical work of the ICRC. This is unacceptable. https://t.co/K838eKYMR3

— Senate Foreign Relations Committee (@SFRCdems) August 28, 2023

On August 28, Azerbaijani border guards in the illegally installed checkpoint in Lachin Corridor kidnapped residents of Nagorno-Karabakh Alen Sargsyan, Vahe Hovsepyan and Levon Grigoryan. All three are students who were traveling to Armenia to continue their studies. The transport was agreed upon in advance and was being carried out with Russian peacekeeping escort.

The Foreign Ministry of Armenia called out the Azerbaijani authorities for derailing the peace efforts and warned that Baku seeks to perpetrate collective punishment against the entire population in Nagorno-Karabakh.