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Lachin corridor 2009
The Lachin corridor (Armenian: Լաչինի միջանցք Lachini mijantsk) is a mountain pass within the de jure borders of Azerbaijan, forming the shortest route between Armenia and the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. During the Nagorno-Karabakh war, it came under the control of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, although officially it is part of the Lachin rayon of Azerbaijan.
In a statement to the United Nations on September 18, 2005, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov said "It is the issue of communication of the Armenians living in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan with Armenia and that of the Azerbaijanis living in the Nakhchivan region of Azerbaijan with the rest of the country. We suggest the using of the so-called Lachin corridor – which should be called "Road of Peace" - by both sides in both directions provided that security of this road will be ensured by the multinational peacekeeping forces at the initial stage".