STEPANAKERT, DECEMBER 24, ARMENPRESS. Hundreds of citizens of Artsakh gathered at the Russian peacekeeping contingent’s checkpoint on the Stepanakert-Shushi road and demanded the peacekeepers to ensure the normal functioning of the Lachin Corridor in accordance with the 9 November trilateral statement.

Politician Tigran Petrosyan, one of the organizers of the rally, told ARMENPRESS that a representative of the Russian peacekeeping contingent has said that the Lachin Corridor could be opened on December 26.

“They also said that after Azerbaijanis open the road there can be no talk about installing any [new]checkpoint,” Petrosyan added.

Later in the evening Petrosyan posted a statement on social media, clarifying that the representative of the Russian peacekeeping contingent told him that a meeting of the top leadership will take place on December 26, the issue will get a final solution and the road should be opened.

Petrosyan was presumably referring to the planned informal CIS summit in Saint Petersburg on December 26-27.