Azerbaijan will allow aid into Karabakh from Armenia if Azeri aid let in too, official says

FILE PHOTO: An ethnic Armenian soldier looks through binoculars as he stands at fighting positions near the village of Taghavard in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, January 11, 2021. Picture taken January 11, 2021. REUTERS/Artem Mikryukov/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - Azerbaijan is ready to allow Red Cross aid from Armenia into the ethnic Armenian Nagorno-Karabakh enclave if Red Crescent aid from Azerbaijan is let in at the same time, Hikmet Hajiyev, foreign policy adviser to President Ilham Aliyev, told Reuters.

Armenia has repeatedly accused Azerbaijan of blockading the "Lachin corridor", the only road linking Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia, and says it has caused shortages of food, medicines and other essentials.