Between September–November 2020, an escalation of ten- sions between the two countries over the territory resulted in the second Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, causing the worst fighting in decades and the displace- ment of over 90,000 people, 88% of whom were women and children (UNSDG 19/10/2021; DW 14/07/2020). [...] ANTICIPATED SCOPE ANALYSIS HUMANITARIAN CONSTRAINTS • While the Government of Azerbaijan reports that there is no blockade and • The Lachin corridor is the only land connection between Armenia and the NATIONAL civilian cars can move freely in and out of Nagorno-Karabakh, the Arme- Nagorno-Karabakh region, but it runs across Azerbaijani territory. [...] In 2020, the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the Nagorno- Kabarakh region escalated and resulted in the deaths of more than 140 civilians and thousands of combatants. [...] Since the beginning of the blockade, in December 2022, Russia has taken a distant role in the situation in the Nagorno-Karabakh region because of the war in Ukraine. [...] During the hostilities of September 2022, Armenia called the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) and Russia for assistance, but the response was a fact-finding mission from the CSTO and a declaration from Russia on the necessity of the demarcation of the Azerbaijan and Armenian border (OC Media 10/10/2022).
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