YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2, ARMENPRESS. The International Court of Justice left for the deliberation room to make a decision over the cases of Armenia v. Azerbaijan and Azerbaijan v. Armenia, ARMENPRESS reports Armenia’s Representative for International Legal Matters Yeghishe Kirakosyan informed on his Facebook page, adding that after making the decision, the Court will read it during an open and online broadcast session. The Court will inform the parties about the date of reading the decision. According to the Court, the decision should be taken as soon as possible.

"On January 30-31, hearings on requests to apply interim measures in the cases of Armenia v. Azerbaijan and Azerbaijan v. Armenia were held at the International Court of Justice. Both parties substantiated their claims for interim measures, brought evidence in support of them, and then presented objections to each other's claims.

Note that Armenia requested to apply the following interim measures:

• Azerbaijan shall cease its orchestration and support of the alleged ‘protests’ blocking uninterrupted free movement along the Lachin Corridor in both directions.
• Azerbaijan shall ensure uninterrupted free movement of all persons, vehicles, and cargo along the Lachin Corridor in both directions.
• Azerbaijan shall immediately fully restore and refrain from disrupting or obstructing the supply of natural gas and other utility services to Nagorno-Karabakh," said Yeghishe Kirakosyan.