Putin and Armenian PM discuss Lachin Corridor in phone call

FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the government via video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia April 19, 2023. Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Kremlin via REUTERS

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan discussed the Lachin Corridor in a phone call, the Kremlin said on Wednesday.

Azerbaijan on Sunday established a checkpoint on the corridor, the only land route between Armenia and Armenian-populated settlements in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

(Reporting by Reuters)