“If, as a result of the treaty being negotiated between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Artsakh is handed over, lasting peace is not guaranteed,” Cox said
“30 years ago, we wrote a report on what was happening in Artsakh in those days, and the situation is still the same in Karabakh today,” said Baroness Caroline Cox, a member of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom, at a press conference held at the Center for Law and Justice “Tatoyan” Foundation.
She mentioned that they returned here after 30 years, and the situation in Karabakh is not improving. Caroline Cox reported they visited the Tegh community of Syunik Region and announced: “I saw with my own eyes the places where Azerbaijani forces invaded Armenian lands.
The Head of the Tegh Community said that three of the seven villages in the region were attacked last year, and they lost 125 hectares of agricultural land, and the people live in fear. Cox said they visited the hills and mountains above the Lachin Corridor and saw the trucks carrying humanitarian cargo from the Armenian side to Artsakh, which never arrived.
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She also mentioned that he also talked with Artsakh citizens living in RA. “The Armenian Christian population of Artsakh is facing the increasing possibility of ethnic and religious cleansing from their historical lands. And no nation has yet responded to the cries of the Armenian people, the USA, the OSCE, the UN, NATO, Russia, or the CSTO alliance.
No nation has resisted Baku’s territorial ambitions towards Stepanakert. Therefore, who from the international community will stand against it if Baku has territorial ambitions over Lake Sevan or Zangezur? The political leadership of Azerbaijan did not hide its military goal: it occupied your homeland.
If Artsakh falls, is there a danger that RA will be like that, too? At this critical and vulnerable time, when democracy is in global retreat, I and many others are deeply saddened by the actions of international superpowers who continue to pressure Armenia to accept Azerbaijan’s rule over Artsakh, receive a peace treaty, and conclude a trade agreement. In exchange for this, the people of Artsakh are expected to renounce their international right to self-determination. More than 120 thousand Armenians will become citizens of the anti-Armenian authoritarian state.”
The Baroness assured that without Armenian Artsakh, the existence of Armenia would be even more endangered than it is today. “It is quite possible that what is done to Artsakh will be done to Armenia as well. If, as a result of the treaty being negotiated between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Artsakh will be surrendered, lasting peace is not guaranteed.”
Tatev HARUTYUNYAN
