“We have had a case of starvation, and we see that, unfortunately, the threat will become more serious, given that we have minimal capacity, while at the same time considering that the lack of fuel has caused severe damage to all sectors of life, from health from system to agriculture. “Azerbaijan has consciously chosen the tool of starvation, and only if the international community takes concrete steps will it be possible to restrain Azerbaijan,” Artsakh Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Ghazaryan said at a press conference on the ongoing genocide by Azerbaijan in Artsakh, the other day.
The former prosecutor of The Hague, international independent expert Luis Moreno Ocampo noticed that Azerbaijan refuses to comply with the judgment of the International Court. According to him, there are all the facts to prove that genocide is taking place in Artsakh.
Sergey Ghazaryan, referring to the discussion of the blockade of Artsakh in the UN Security Council, said that the discussion is already welcome. He thanked the representatives of the countries that gave clear wording to the policy pursued by Azerbaijan and the illegal blocking of the Berdzor Corridor. “We are concerned by several countries that have tried to draw some equality between the Lachine Corridor and other transport communications, which is unacceptable and does not meet the parameters of the Lachine Corridor document approved on November 9.
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Convening an extraordinary session of the UN Security Council is only the beginning; this process will continue. The UN Security Council is the very structure that has the authority to prevent the genocidal policy that we see from Azerbaijan.” To the question: Did you receive a document from the mediators regarding the vision that the Artsakh Armenians would continue their activities within Azerbaijan? Sergey Ghazaryan replied that the Artsakh MFA did not receive such a document through official channels.
He also announced. “On July 27, the Foreign Ministry’s statement referred to such a vision, which envisages ensuring our rights as a national minority within the framework of the legislation of Azerbaijan. We have clearly stated that this is a vision disconnected from reality, and it is not only our opinion; the realities we have on the ground confirm this.
And if anyone had such hopes from the mediators, seeing the results of Azerbaijan’s policy, when 120,000 people are deliberately starving, there are daily threats of using force; how the Armenian cultural heritage is being destroyed, and then no mediator has any grounds. , so that such visions and proposals can be implemented.”
What can the USA do, for example, to prevent the genocide in Artsakh? Sergey Ghazaryan said that both the USA and the UN have that toolkit, they can give a clear assessment, and when they do it, the toolkit will appear. “We are talking about sanctions and other diplomatic and political steps.”
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