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Russian peacekeepers deliver 25 tons of humanitarian aid to Stepanakert

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18:22, 8 February 2023

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 8, ARMENPRESS. Russian peacekeeping troops delivered 25 tons of humanitarian aid to Stepanakert dairy factory, ARMENPRESS reports, the Telegram channel of the peacekeepers reports.

"The servicemen of the Russian peacekeeping force together with the international charity organization "Armenians, Unite" transported 25 tons of humanitarian aid to Nagorno Karabakh and transferred to the dairy factory of Stepanakert.

 

 

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A Wedding under Blockade in Artsakh

February 8, 2023 Siranush Sargsyan News 1

Tigran with his bride Kristine at his father’s tombstone, Stepanakert Memorial Complex

A young groom, holding the hand of his bride dressed in white, approaches the seemingly endless tombstones at the Stepanakert Memorial Complex to pay his respects and bow down to all those who gave their lives for his homeland. It is no coincidence that newlyweds Tigran Avetisyan and Kristine Davtyan first visit the grave of his father Armen, who died in the 2020 war. During the war, Tigran was a conscript soldier and served on the frontline with his brother Nairi. Their father was not only a father, but also a comrade-in-arms. On the battlefield, all roles change; everyone is a friend to everyone, a comrade-in-arms.

“If my father was physically present, I would have received the permission to get married from him. I think now he is smiling from above,” says Tigran. “I am sure that he would be the happiest and would give me wise advice in addition to wishes,” added the 21-year-old, who is currently working in the security forces of the Republic of Artsakh and has been waiting impatiently to marry his beloved Kristine.

Tigran with his bride Kristine at his father’s tombstone, Stepanakert Memorial Complex

Kristine is 21 years old and a singer. She defines love as “the determination to create a family in the face of difficulties, hardships and even under siege.” She emphasizes that love cannot be blocked; real love is heated in struggle, and Artsakh is in an honest struggle today. Love gives strength to the struggle. That’s why her songs are about the eternity of love; she writes in the Artsakh dialect to preserve its sweet sounds.

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“We have decided to have our wedding only with a church ceremony and register it legally,” says Tigran, referring to the absence of his father and the ongoing blockade of Artsakh.

Since December 12, the only road connecting Artsakh to Armenia was closed by a group of Azerbaijanis under the guise of eco-activists. As a result, 120,000 citizens of Artsakh, including 30,000 children, have been left without essential goods and services, including food, medicine and fuel. The situation becomes more dire when Azerbaijan cuts the electricity and natural gas supplies. There are also periodic disruptions of telephone and internet connections.

Despite these difficult conditions, the couple decided not to postpone their planned wedding, which they consider quite logical since there are no closed roads for love. A strong family also means overcoming problems and difficulties together, even under siege.

The bride’s bouquet was made with artificial flowers, as fresh flowers haven’t reached Artsakh in over 50 days, and it is difficult to find flowers in nature during the winter.

On the eve of St. Sarkis—the patron saint of lovers—the couple received the marriage blessing in the Holy Mother Church of Stepanakert.

The wedding ceremony of the couple in the Church of St. Astvatsatsin in Stepanakert

Tatiana, the mother of the groom, was very excited. After losing her husband during the war, she was left with three sons. She was happy to witness this union and was certain that her husband would have supported it, even in such an emergency. “The preparations for the wedding distracted me from the topic of the blockade,” she said. “Of course, it is very difficult to organize a wedding without almost everything in such emergency conditions, but the most important thing is my son’s happiness,” she added. Tatiana is filled with hope that she will also marry her other two sons in Artsakh to honor her husband who sacrificed his life for that vision.

The married couple with their extended family, Tigran’s mother, brother, uncle, aunt and cousins at the place of registration of Civil Residence Acts in Stepanakert

“Life goes on and young people should form a family and have many children,” said Der Matevos to the congregation gathered.” A strong country is one that has very strong families.”

The strength of the Artsakh family is also defined by the iconic monument “We are our mountains,” also known as “Tatik Papik.” The structure represents the elder couple of Artsakh in traditional costume, standing shoulder to shoulder as if the hill were cracked and they climbed up to stand with their feet planted in their native land. If the roof-shaped grandmother is placed on the grandfather, the structure would resemble a house. Young couples in Artsakh appreciate their “blessings.”

“Today is our wedding in Artsakh. In the future, the weddings of our children and grandchildren will be here, and just like the roots of ‘Tatik Papik’ are in our land, so are ours,” says Tigran while staring up at the monument with his wife Kristine.

The newly married couple, Tigran and Kristine, near the “We are our mountains” monument

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Blockade of Lachin corridor putting thousands of lives in peril must be immediately lifted – Amnesty International

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12:00, 9 February 2023

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 9, ARMENPRESS. The ongoing blockade of the Lachin corridor is endangering the lives of thousands of people in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Amnesty International said in a press release.

The human rights organization called on Azerbaijan’s authorities and Russian peacekeepers to immediately unblock the route and bring an end to the unfolding humanitarian crisis.

Amnesty International’s interviews conducted with health workers and residents in the region revealed the blockade’s particularly harsh impact on at-risk groups including women, older people, and people with disabilities.

“The blockade has resulted in severe shortages of food and medical supplies, as humanitarian aid delivered by the International Committee of the Red Cross and Russian peacekeepers has been insufficient to meet demand. Disruptions to the supply of electricity, natural gas and vehicle fuel add up to extreme hardship, especially for groups who are vulnerable to discrimination and marginalisation. This must end now,” said Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

“The Azerbaijani authorities have internationally recognized sovereignty over these territories and exercise control over the territory from which the blockade is being carried out. It is Azerbaijan’s obligation to undertake to ensure that the population in Nagorno-Karabakh is not denied access to food and other essential goods and medications. For its part, the Russian peacekeeping mission is mandated to ensure the safety of the Lachin corridor. However, both parties are manifestly failing to fulfill their obligations.”

“With the blockade now in its ninth week, all eyes are on the Azerbaijani authorities and Russian peacekeepers. We call on both parties to immediately take effective measures, in line with international human rights standards, to lift the blockade of the Lachin corridor without any further delay and end the unfolding humanitarian crisis,” added Marie Struthers.

The shortage of gas and petrol is further exacerbated by frequent cuts to the supply of gas from Azerbaijan and electricity cuts that last an average of six hours a day.

The blockade of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) began on 12 December 2022 when Azerbaijan closed the Lachin corridor, the only road connecting Artsakh with Armenia. The blockade caused a humanitarian crisis. Shortages of essentials such as food, fuel and medicine prompted authorities to introduce a rationing system. Hospitals keep planned surgeries on hold and the Red Cross has been facilitating the transfer of seriously-ill patients to Armenia for treatment.

Women’s health and maternal health are also under serious threat due to shortages of medical supplies.

Meline Petrosyan, an eight-months pregnant woman from Martakert (Aghdere) town, told Amnesty International: “The maternity ward was full, while medicines, hygiene products and baby essentials, diapers, formula milk were in short supply. The hospital room was often cold because of the electricity shortage. They could only operate one incubator and three premature babies had to take turns using it. When I think about all the uncertainties of giving birth in these conditions, I feel terrified.”

Biayna Sukhudyan, a neurologist, told Amnesty International: “A week ago, we had a child [with epilepsy] who needed an urgent medication, and we did not have it, and no one had it, stock was empty. […] After one week, after negotiations with the Red Cross, they managed to send the child for treatment to Yerevan.”

 

 

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Feb 9 2023

The Costs of Azerbaijan's Blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh

February 9, 2023

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  Lillian Avedian

  Lillian Avedian is a staff writer at The Armenian Weekly and a graduate student at New York University. She is a former editorial intern at Democracy in Exile.

In Nagorno-Karabakh, life for the past two months has recalled memories of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Locals crowd storefronts for hours hoping to find eggs or laundry detergent. They receive limited quantities of food using government-issued coupons. Amid freezing temperatures, they heat their homes using wood-burning stoves.

"Last time I saw this picture was in the '90s," freelance photographer Marut Vanyan told Democracy in Exile.

Vanyan lives in Stepanakert, the de facto capital of the disputed territory. In the early 1990s, Armenian forces fought a war for the independence of the region, which is majority-Armenian inhabited and was part of Azerbaijan during the Soviet era. Nagorno-Karabakh, which is called Artsakh by Armenians, has been ruled by de facto Armenian authorities for the past three decades. During a six-week war in the fall of 2020, Azerbaijan, with military support from Turkey, captured about a third of Nagorno-Karabakh, as well as seven outlying districts it lost during the previous war.

Armenia and Azerbaijan have been locked in negotiations regarding the status of Nagorno-Karabakh for the past two years. Despite talks, Azerbaijan has launched several rounds of military aggression against Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, including a two-day war within Armenia's borders in September 2022, the bloodiest armed conflict since the 2020 war.

Since Dec. 12, 2022, Azerbaijani protesters sponsored by the government have blocked the Lachin corridor, the sole route connecting Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia and the rest of the world. The closure of the route has placed Nagorno-Karabakh under blockade. Food and medical supplies are dwindling, since imports from Armenia have been entirely cut off. Gas, electricity and internet connections have been periodically disrupted, leaving residents without heating, hot water or fuel for their vehicles. Hundreds of families have been separated, as people traveling to Armenia in December have been stranded along the road.

"People are asking, how long can we eat only buckwheat? We have children. They need vitamins. What about them?"

- MARUT VANYAN, PHOTOGRAPHER IN STEPANAKERT

Vanyan says all of the grocery stores near his home have been closed for weeks. Stepanakert's central marketplace, usually bustling with vendors selling fresh produce, is empty. The remaining grocery stores only have alcohol left on their shelves.

The Armenian authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh have launched a food rationing system to preserve the remaining food supply. Every family can purchase one kilogram of pasta, buckwheat, rice and sugar and one liter of cooking oil per month using government-issued coupons. Vanyan recently purchased half a kilogram of sugar and will receive his remaining ration in two weeks.

"People are asking, how long can we eat only buckwheat?" Vanyan said. "We have children. They need vitamins. What about them?"

Under a Russian-brokered cease-fire ending the 2020 war, about 2,000 Russian peacekeepers were deployed to Nagorno-Karabakh and the Lachin corridor. Armenian authorities have been critical of Russia's inability to reopen the corridor and fulfill its obligations under the cease-fire agreement. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has called the Russian peacekeeping force a "silent witness to the depopulation of the Nagorno-Karabakh region."

Political scientist Tigran Grigoryan, who is based in Yerevan, says that Russia has not taken action to end the blockade in order to avoid spoiling its relations with Turkey and Azerbaijan. Turkey, which sold drones to Azerbaijan and transported hundreds of Syrian mercenaries to serve in Azerbaijan's military during the 2020 war, has supported its close ally—what the Turkish government calls its "little brother"—amid its ongoing blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Russian dependence on Turkey has deepened as a result of the war in Ukraine, according to Grigoryan. Trade between Russia and Turkey, one of the major powers in the region that has not imposed sanctions against Russia, has increased. Imports of Russian coal and oil to Turkey have risen. Meanwhile, Turkey has been a hub for exporting Western-manufactured technology to Russia, evading Western trade restrictions.

Russia has also cultivated an important relationship with Azerbaijan. As part of Europe's bid to reduce its dependence on Russian gas following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the European Union signed an energy agreement with Azerbaijan to double its gas flows to Europe within the next five years. While selling gas to Europe, Azerbaijan has increased its import of gas from Russia to satisfy domestic demand.

"It buys gas from Russia to substitute gas it's selling to Europe," Grigoryan said. "Russia is indirectly selling gas to Europe through Azerbaijan."

The Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh seem resolved to live on their ancestral lands, despite the dire humanitarian conditions created by Azerbaijan.

- LILLIAN AVEDIAN

Russia, Turkey and Azerbaijan also have a shared interest in opening new routes in the South Caucasus. Grigoryan says that one of Azerbaijan's aims in blockading Nagorno-Karabakh is to force Armenia to accept a corridor through its territory connecting Azerbaijan with Turkey, free of customs or passport controls. Armenian authorities have called such a corridor without an Armenian presence a "red line."

Russian officials have publicly stated that any road passing through Armenia must respect its national sovereignty. Yet Russia is keen to open the route to facilitate trade with Turkey.

"Turkey is a key trading partner for Russia," Grigoryan said. "Russia has serious problems in the Black Sea, because lots of companies have been reluctant to work with Russia because of the threat of sanctions."

While Armenia grows disgruntled with Russia's inaction, international pressure from the West on Azerbaijan has been intensifying. The United States and the European Union, along with prominent human rights organizations, have called on Azerbaijan to resume travel and transportation along the Lachin corridor. During a phone call with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in late January, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken "underscored that the risk of a humanitarian crisis in the Lachin corridor undermined prospects for peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan."

Yet according to Grigoryan, the diplomatic pressure could be coming too late. Grigoryan says Azerbaijan's aim for the past two years has been to "take control of Nagorno-Karabakh" and force its Armenian population to evacuate. Armenian authorities have warned that Azerbaijan is trying to make life in Nagorno-Karabakh unbearable for its Armenian residents so that they will leave, leading to the ethnic cleansing of the territory. President Aliyev told reporters on Jan. 10 that the "road is open" for any Armenian residents who do not want to become citizens of Azerbaijan to "leave whenever they want."

"Lots of people in the West weren't taking those words seriously," Grigoryan said.

Yet the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh seem resolved to live on their ancestral lands, despite the dire humanitarian conditions created by Azerbaijan.

"People just want to live here," Vanyan said. "Our graves are here. Our churches are here. We lived here for thousands of years, and we want to live here thousands of years more."

https://dawnmena.org/the-costs-of-azerbaijans-blockade-of-nagorno-karabakh/

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“There might not have been a conflict”: opinion on the Karabakh problem

• Armine Martirosyan
  

• Yerevan
  

Over the past three decades, the Karabakh conflict has gone through various phases of turbulence, but there has been no serious progress towards a resolution, and the nations’ positions have not changed. The conflict has not come close to being resolved either after wars, peace negotiations, or the active intervention of external actors. Moreover, some Armenian experts believe that it was the latter’s interests and approach that led to new escalations. Here one gives his thoughts on the matter.

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Arman Melikyan, diplomat

“Formally, it can be considered that the negotiation process on resolving Karabakh conflict started in March 1992, when a target negotiating platform was formed – the OSCE Minsk Group (hereinafter – the OSCE).

Azerbaijan and the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic appeared as parties to the conflict. Armenia was not a party to the conflict at that time.

The goal of the leadership of Artsakh was international recognition of the independence of the republic, including by Azerbaijan. Baku’s goal was to reduce the problem to stating that Armenia has territorial claims against Azerbaijan, which is how it tried to justify its military aggression against NK.

The mediators, on the other hand, tried to reconcile the incompatible positions of the parties.

For Artsakh the status of an independent state, for Azerbaijan the recognition of the conflict as a consequence of aggression by Armenia and the demand for “de-occupation” of the entire territory of Artsakh, which had declared independence, on the pretext of restoring its territorial integrity.

Azerbaijani hostilities were going on in parallel, and that country was defeated, despite its overwhelming advantage in manpower and weapons.”

“NK Armenians have the right to self-determination” – Ruben Vardanyan in an interview with BBC

The state minister of the unrecognized republic presented the situation there on HardTalk – full transcript

Forced to become a party to the conflict

“After the conclusion of an indefinite truce in May 1994, the positions have not changed.

By that time Armenia, having succumbed to unprecedented external pressure, recognized itself as a party to the conflict.

Suffice it to recall the episode when the notorious Russian diplomat Vladimir Kazimirov at the end of November 1993 pulled off a dirty provocation with shooting in the northern section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, then not involved in hostilities. The incident served as a formal pretext for Andrey Kozyrev, who at that time was Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, to present an ultimatum to Yerevan demanding voluntary recognition of Armenia as a party to the conflict.

The leadership of Armenia was forced to comply with this requirement. As a result, the conflict transformed from an internal to an international one, which made it possible to label Armenia as an aggressor state in the future.

This episode is well described in Russian Ambassador to Armenia Vladimir Stupishin’s book .”

An excerpt from Stupishin’s book:

Kozyrev managed to publicly declare a loud protest against the Armenian authorities over the fact that in the morning the cortege of the personal representative of the President of Russia in the Karabakh settlement was allegedly fired upon. In the ITAR-TASS report, it looked like this: “Today, when crossing the Azerbaijani-Armenian border, fire from large-caliber weapons from the Armenian side fired at the vehicles of the special representative of the President of Russia, Ambassador Kazimirov and the escort group. As a result, Azerbaijani servicemen accompanying the Russian representative were injured.” Kozyrev also stated that “such a barbaric action against the Russian representative is indignant and cannot be justified.” And he threatened “hard conclusions.”

The Armenian Foreign Ministry reacted the next day with a statement detailing how the Azerbaijanis and Kazimirov violated the agreement on the place and time of the meeting, and demanded on behalf of Armenia that Russia set up a competent commission to investigate all the circumstances of the incident, which Yerevan regarded as an Azerbaijani provocation. At the same time, [Armenian Foreign Minister] Vagan Papazyan sent an urgent telegram to Kozyrev. He expressed sincere regrets, but admitted that he “didn’t understand the harsh tone” of Kozyrev’s statements. Papazyan also demanded a public explanation from Kazimirov, “whether he was aware of the intentions of the Azerbaijani side to change the agreed route, or whether he himself became an unwitting victim of a provocation organized by the Baku authorities.”

The legacy of the Bolsheviks

“This conflict could not have happened at all if Artsakh, recognized as the territory of Soviet Armenia in 1920 and almost completely populated by Armenians, by decision of the Russian Bolshevik ruling elite, had not been transferred to Azerbaijan in 1921 — with the condition of Armenian autonomy on its territory.

In 1923 the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region, was formed, but on about a third of the territory transferred to Azerbaijan. Throughout the entire Soviet period, Armenians were consistently squeezed out of the place of their original residence — this was the national policy pursued by Baku. It led to the emergence of a political confrontation between Stepanakert and Baku at the end of the Soviet Union and the subsequent military aggression of Azerbaijan against the Armenian region.

I believe that it was theoretically possible to resolve the issue peacefully, but too many influential external actors decided to promote their interests, parasitizing on the conflict.

And the parties to the conflict themselves were unable to work out a mutually acceptable solution on their own.

“ECHR does not consider Baku’s arguments credible” – Armenian lawyer

The European Court rejected the Azerbaijan’s demand that interim measures be taken against Armenia, and upheld its decision on Armenia’s own application

Carte blanche from external actors

“I don’t think the 2020 Karabakh war changed the positions of influential major international players, with the exception of one country, and even that finally changed its position in the summer of 2016 [Russia].

Here it is necessary to emphasize — it was not the war that influenced the change in the positions of this or that state, but the change in positions made it possible for Azerbaijan to unleash a war under the leadership and with the participation of Turkey.”

Minimize risks and seize opportunities

“The logic of the current geopolitical process suggest that the South Caucasus and Iran will be in a state of increasing conflict. The peak may be reached in three or four years. I would not count on firm guarantees for the preservation of peace and stability in the region that may be discussed and agreed upon.

It’ll be hard. Especially in Nagorno-Karabakh. The coming changes bring enormous risks and new opportunities at the same time.

So it would be wise to minimize risks and maximize opportunities.”

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President of Artsakh calls on int’l community to act as it has done elsewhere amid early warning signs of genocide

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09:59, 13 February 2023

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 13, ARMENPRESS. President of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) Arayik Harutyunyan is calling on the international community to “go from talks to action” as it has done in other regions when there were early warning signs of genocide.

President Harutyunyan issued a statement on social media titled “Two-months-long blockade of Artsakh: The international community should go from talks to action”.

Nagorno Karabakh is under blockade since 12 December 2022 after Azerbaijan closed the Lachin corridor.

“For two months now, Azerbaijan, resorting to criminal and terroristic actions, has been keeping around 120,000 people of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) under blockade, aiming at carrying out ethnic cleansing in Artsakh. This illegal blockade contradicts all the norms of international law and the obligations assumed by Azerbaijan, including those within the framework of the tripartite statement of November 9, 2020.

The blockade, based on the Azerbaijani state policy of racial hatred against Armenians, is all-encompassing: it deprives 120,000 citizens of Artsakh of natural access to food, energy, healthcare and other vital goods and services, and is, therefore, a serious, deliberate and massive attack on the right to life and other rights of our compatriots.

Since January 20, in order to solve the acute food shortage caused by the blockade, the Artsakh government has been forced to restrict access to food by introducing coupons: one kilogram of rice, buckwheat, pasta, sugar and vegetable oil per person per month, the scope of which will be increased in the near future.

Azerbaijan exacerbated the humanitarian crisis in Artsakh by disrupting the electricity and gas supplies in harsh winter conditions. Due to problems with heating and food, all kindergartens, primary and secondary schools in the country have been closed, depriving about 20,000 children and adolescents of the country of the opportunity to receive education. The work of many economic enterprises has also been suspended, leaving thousands of citizens unemployed. The construction of about 3,700 apartments and houses intended for people forcibly displaced from the territories occupied by Azerbaijan, as well as other construction works, have been halted. Scheduled surgeries in medical institutions have been cancelled, jeopardising the health and lives of around 600 citizens.

We are grateful to the International Committee of the Red Cross and the RF peacekeeping mission for their efforts to ensure the transfer of about 90 persons in critical health conditions to Armenia, to reunite dozens of separated families and to transport the minimum amount of food to Artsakh that allows us to prevent famine in the country. However, the situation remains unbearable amid severe shortage of food, medicine and other essentials, continuous disruption of gas and electricity supplies, separation of thousands of families, collapse of the economy and other crisis conditions.

We welcome the clear appeals of the executive and legislative authorities of many countries, as well as international organizations, to Azerbaijan to immediately and unconditionally lift the blockade. Those demands and positions, however, are ineffective in the conditions of Azerbaijan's fanatical and hateful intransigence. This is why the international community must act, as it has done in other regions when there are early warning signs of genocide.

We appeal primarily to Russia, the USA and France, which co-chair the OSCE Minsk Group, as well as to all members of the international community, to jointly or individually take effective measures to open Artsakh’s road of life and prevent new crimes. In that context, we urge them to impose sanctions against all perpetrators and supporters of crimes against the people of Artsakh, and the state of Azerbaijan, among other sanctions, by banning them from entering their own territories and freezing their movable and immovable properties in their countries.

Azerbaijan's attempted ethnic cleansing of the people of Artsakh complies with the legal concept of crimes against humanity (erga omnes). Its prevention is a moral, legal and political obligation binding on all signatories of the United Nations Charter. Therefore, it is the duty of every member of the international community to do their best to protect the people of Artsakh and their dignified life in their own homeland,” reads the statement of the President of Artsakh.

 

 

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President of Artsakh seeks to authorize parliament to elect president during martial law if office becomes vacant

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16:50, 13 February 2023

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 13, ARMENPRESS. The President of Artsakh Arayik Harutyunyan initiated Constitutional amendments that would authorize parliament to elect a president in the event of the post of the president becoming vacant in conditions of martial law.

“Guided by Paragraph 2 of Article 162 of the Artsakh Republic Constitution, President of the Artsakh Republic Arayik Harutyunyan signed a decree, according to which a process of the Constitutional Amendment was initiated regarding the election of the republic’s President by the National Assembly and its specificities in case of the post of the President becoming vacant in the conditions of the martial law. On February 13, the Draft Constitutional Amendment was submitted to the National Assembly for discussion,” Harutyunyan’s office said in a press release.

 

 

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EU called on Azerbaijan to take measures to ensure freedom, security of movement along Lachin corridor – Borrell

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12:00, 17 February 2023

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 17, ARMENPRESS. The EU has been closely following the developments along and around the Lachin corridor and their humanitarian implications, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the European Commission Josep Borrell said in his answer on behalf of the European Commission to Member of the European Parliament Demetris Papadakis’ written questions.

“Since the beginning of December 2022, the EU has been closely following the developments along and around the Lachin corridor and their humanitarian implications.

The EU remains seriously concerned about the distress the ongoing restrictions to freedom of movement and to the supply of vital goods are causing for the local population.

High Representative/Vice-President Borrell, supported by EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia, Toivo Klaar, remains in close contact with both sides.

The EU has called on Azerbaijan to take the measures that are within its jurisdiction to ensure freedom and security of movement along the corridor, in line with its obligations deriving from the trilateral statement of 9 November 2020.

The responsibility of Russia, whose peacekeeping contingent is in control of the Lachin corridor, as per the same trilateral statement, should also be highlighted.

The EU’s humanitarian funding mobilised to address the consequences of the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict amounts to EUR 3.6 million for 2022. It has been entirely allocated to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which is the only international humanitarian organisation able to operate on the ground along the Lachin corridor.

Since the escalation of the conflict in 2020, the EU has provided close to EUR 27 million in humanitarian aid and early recovery to support the most vulnerable populations affected by the hostilities,” reads the answer given by Borrell.

 

 

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Jan 25 2023

The Armenian people are facing crisis once again

• Serena Oberstein
  
• January 25, 2023

The Armenian people are facing crisis once again.

Azerbaijan has blocked the only road connecting Nagorno-Karabakh (known as Artsakh in Armenian) to Armenia and the outside world since December 12. This most recent aggression leaves 120,000 people in Artsakh under siege, unable to access medical supplies, food and fuel as the region experiences harsh winter conditions.

This is the second time in just two years that Azerbaijan has committed a clear violation of human rights. It must be condemned by the international community yet again.

In 2021, we celebrated with our Armenian sisters and brothers when President Joe Biden formally recognized the Armenian Genocide after 106 years. The announcement was to be the beginning of expanded support as the president pledged for the first time that the promise of “Never Again” included the Armenian people.

Now is the time for the Biden Administration to hold up to that promise.

Jewish World Watch calls for an immediate end to unprovoked aggression and for the Biden Administration to take decisive action and halt United States military assistance to Azerbaijan until the blockade is lifted. The international community must protect the safety and well-being of the Armenian people in Artsakh, and Azerbaijan must be held accountable for its actions.

Please sign this emergency letter to President Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging them to take action.

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Feb 18 2023

'Humanitarian Catastrophe' Threatens Historic Armenian Christians as Horrific Blockade Persists

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Gev Iskajyan, the executive director of ANC-Artsakh, is sounding the alarm about the ongoing crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh, a small, landlocked region between Armenia and Azerbaijan. In an interview this week with CBN's Faithwire, Iskajyan added more details about the rampant desperation 60 days into the crisis and warned the situation could devolve into genocide of the Armenian Christians living there. He detailed the dire impact the blockage of the Lachin corridor is having on Nagorno-Karabakh, also known as Artsakh. "Over 120,000 ethnic Armenians rely on that road [for] food, medicine, even energy and other vital supplies, necessities that the population needs to survive," he said. "And that's been essentially shut down...for over, you know, two months now." From rolling blackouts to food shortages, the situation is dire, with "scarcity on every single [societal] level." Iskajyan left his native California last year to live and work in Nagorno-Karabakh, shedding light on events unfolding on the ground. He also spoke about the broader conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, explaining how religious identity could play into the conflict. "Christianity is a bedrock of Armenian identity. It goes hand in hand," he said. "It has since 300 A.D. "That is a part of the identity that people carry with them every day." While many see the conflict as a land dispute, Iskajyan explained why religious elements could also come into play. Watch what he had to say.

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International Business Times

Feb 18 2023

US Sees 'Historic' Chance For Peace In Nagorno-Karabakh

By AFP News

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday called on Armenia and Azerbaijan to seize a "historic opportunity" to end their decades-long dispute over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

The two countries have fought two wars for control of Azerbaijan's Armenian-populated enclave that have claimed tens of thousands of lives.

Internationally mediated peace talks between the ex-Soviet republics have since produced little, if any, result.

But Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Thursday said he had presented to arch-foe Baku a project for a full peace treaty to end the Caucasus neighbours' dispute.

"We believe that Armenia and Azerbaijan have a genuinely historic opportunity to secure an enduring peace after more than 30 years of conflict," Blinken said ahead of a meeting with Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.

"The parties themselves have renewed their focus on a peace process, including through direct conversation as well as with the EU and ourselves," Blinken said.

The United States remains "committed to doing anything we can to support these efforts", he added.

When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, ethnic Armenian separatists in Karabakh broke away from Azerbaijan. The ensuing conflict claimed around 30,000 lives.

Another flare-up in violence in 2020 left more than 6,500 dead and ended with a Russian-brokered truce that saw Armenia cede territories it had controlled for decades.

Pashinyan's announcement about the peace treaty came after Yerevan accused Baku of conducting a "policy of ethnic cleansing" and forcing ethnic Armenians to leave the breakaway region.

Since mid-December, a group of self-styled Azerbaijani environmental activists has barred the only road linking Karabakh to Armenia to protest what they say is illegal mining.

In a statement after the meeting in Munich, Pashinyan's office confirmed that the draft peace treaty had been discussed.

"Pashinyan reaffirmed the determination of the Armenian side to achieve a treaty that will truly guarantee long-term peace and stability in the region," his office said.

However, he had also denounced "Azerbaijan's illegal blockade of the Lachin Corridor and the resulting humanitarian, environmental and energy crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh", the statement said.

Aliyev told journalists after the meeting that it had taken place "in a constructive manner", and he was "studying" the Armenian proposals, according to the RIA Novosti news agency.

"At first sight, there is progress regarding Armenia's position, but it is not enough," he said.

https://www.ibtimes.com/us-sees-historic-chance-peace-nagorno-karabakh-3669392

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Feb 20 2023

'The Annihilation of Christians': Armenian Believers Are Being Cut Off from Humanitarian Aid

Billy Hallowell

Armenian Christians who are cut off from the outside world are facing desperate conditions. An ongoing blockade is preventing much-needed food, medicine and other resources from reaching the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. One Christian group that's sounding the alarm, fears that time is running out.

Baroness Caroline Cox, a prominent member of the U.K.'s House of Lords warns, "The situation is now very, very serious. Indeed, it has been said by people, it may indeed be an impending genocide."

Those foreboding words summarize the state of affairs in Nagorno-Karabakh.

It's been more than two months since Azerbaijani protestors blocked the only road into this small, landlocked region preventing the transport of food, medicine, and other essential needs.

"I'm afraid it's a continuity of aggression by Azerbaijan against the Armenians," Cox told CBN News. "The nether land of Nagorno-Karabakh was relocated by Stalin inside Azerbaijan, and Azerbaijan has been trying to carry out ethnic cleansing of the Armenians from there for a long time."

As the blockade persists, the 120,000 predominantly Armenian Christians living there are suffering and pleading for assistance.

"The shortage of food is now getting desperate," Cox said. "The shortage of medicines is very, very serious, especially medicines like insulin for people with diabetes, and the transfer of patients from Karabakh into Armenia needing urgent medical treatment, that has been very, very much stymied."

She continued, "One has already died, so it is a very dire situation indeed."

Gayane Beglarian's 4-year-old daughter, Monika, suffers from liver cancer. Gayane recently sounded the alarm about her child being trapped inside Nagorno-Karabakh and risked missing life-saving treatment. "We were frightened," she told CBN News. "And we were really worried about the situation because her life depends on this treatment."

After weeks of anxiously awaiting transport, the Red Cross helped the family exit. Still, Gayane warns that other ailing residents need help.

"We have no necessary equipment; we have no doctors," she said. "We don't have doctors who can come there and have necessary treatment."

Cox also warned about another element of the crisis — the potential destruction of Christian churches, historic landmarks, and entire cultures.

"This could be another stage of genocide, destruction of Christian people, destruction of Christian heritage," she said. "And we need to pray."

Cox continued, "The annihilation of Christians is very much part of the agenda or getting rid of the Christians. And that's one of the things that the Armenians are really worried about because they will lose part of their unique Christian heritage."

As the chaos continues, prayers for peace, eased tensions, and resolution are desperately needed.

Watch Baroness Cox's statement at https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/cwn/2023/february/the-annihilation-of-christians-armenian-believers-are-being-cut-off-from-humanitarian-aid

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“It’s the homeland of Armenians and nobody has the right to block Lachin Corridor” – Luxembourg Foreign Minister

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16:01, 22 February 2023

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 22, ARMENPRESS. Nobody has the right to block the Lachin Corridor, the Foreign Minister of Luxembourg Jean Asselborn said at a joint press conference with his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan in Yerevan.

“To be very frank, I think there’s big power in the world who has to show that not only peacekeepers are present in the Lachin Corridor but that they have to act if there’s a blockade,” Asselborn said, referring to Russia. “We try as European Union to play on the level we are able to do. We can only, if I can say this, encourage Russia, if you want, to be aware of what is happening that more than 100 thousand people are isolated in Nagorno Karabakh. That old people, children are not allowed to go back to their home and this is unacceptable in this century.”

“…it’s the homeland of Armenians and nobody has the right to block this Lachin Corridor and I hope that those who have the means to interfere that they will do it as effective as possible,” the Foreign Minister of Luxembourg said.

 

 

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URGENT. International Court of Justice obliges Azerbaijan to ensure uninterrupted movement through the Lachin Corridor

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19:53, 22 February 2023

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 22, ARMENPRESS. The International Court of Justice obliged Azerbaijan to ensure the uninterrupted movement of transport and people through the Lachin Corridor in both directions, as provided by the obligations it has assumed, reads the decision of the International Court of Justice on Armenia's petition on the issue of unblocking the Lachin Corridor.

 

 

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International Court of Justice Rules Azerbaijan Must ‘Ensure Unimpeded’ Movement on Lachin Corridor; Rejects Azerbaijan’s Case against Armenia

by Asbarez Staff

February 22, 2023

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Representatives of Armenia at the International Court of Justice in The Hague on Feb. 22

The International Court of Justice on Wednesday, by a vote of 13 to 2, ruled that based on the case filed by Armenia, Azerbaijan must ensure the “unimpeded movement” on the Lachin Corridor. In a separate ruling the court unanimously rejected Azerbaijan’s appeal for a provisional measures on Armenia.

“The Republic of Azerbaijan shall, pending the final decision in the case and in accordance with its obligations under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, take all measures at its disposal to ensure unimpeded movement of persons, vehicles and cargo along the Lachin Corridor in both directions,” said the court.

The ICJ’s ruling on Wednesday stemmed from a request by Armenia to apply provisional measures against Azerbaijan due to its blockade of the Lachin Corridor, which began on December 12.

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“The Court observes that, since 12 December 2022, the connection between Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia via the Lachin Corridor has been disrupted. The Court notes that a number of consequences have resulted from this situation and that the impact on those affected persists to this date,” the court said in reading its decision.

“The information available to the Court indicates that the disruption on the Lachin Corridor has impeded the transfer of persons of Armenian national or ethnic origin hospitalized in Nagorno- Karabakh to medical facilities in Armenia for urgent medical care. The evidence also indicates that there have been hindrances to the importation into Nagorno-Karabakh of essential goods, causing shortages of food, medicine and other life-saving medical supplies,” added the ICJ.

“As the Court has noted previously, a prejudice can be considered as irreparable when the persons concerned are exposed to danger to health and life. The Court has further noted that restrictions on the importation and purchase of goods required for humanitarian needs, such as foodstuffs and medicines, including lifesaving medicines, treatment for chronic disease or preventive care, and medical equipment may have a serious detrimental impact on the health and lives of individuals,” the court noted.

Reading of the ICJ ruling

The ICJ also referenced the responsibilities outlined in the November 9, 2020 agreement, which compels Azerbaijan to ensure unimpeded movement along the Lachin Corridor, which is under the direct control of the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Artsakh.

“The Court notes that the Statement by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia and President of the Russian Federation of 9 November 2020 provides, inter alia, that the Lachin Corridor, “which will provide a connection between Nagorno- Karabakh and Armenia . . . shall remain under the control of the Russian Federation peacemaking forces”. The Statement further states that “Azerbaijan shall guarantee the security of persons, vehicles and cargo moving along the Lachin Corridor in both directions,” the ICJ affirmed.

Azerbaijan had also filed a claim against Armenia, calling on the ICJ to impose provisional measure for the alleged planting of landmines by Armenia, which Azerbaijan said endangered the lives of its citizens.

The court unanimously rejected Azerbaijan’s request.

https://asbarez.com/international-court-of-justice-urges-azerbaijan-to-ensure-unimpeded-movement-on-lachin-corridor-rejects-azerbaijans-case-against-armenia/?fbclid=IwAR2iXnNTHVO4WwGyE85_4tC04v7T2VDEvh7HbBktB6cAeAJ37T-TmUIibqU

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Feb 22 2023

UN court calls for end to Nagorno-Karabakh roadblock

The United Nations’ highest court has ordered Azerbaijan to “take all steps at its disposal” to allow free movement of traffic along the only road between Armenia and the ethnic Armenian Nagorno-Karabakh region in Azerbaijan

ByMIKE CORDER Associated Press

February 22, 2023, 6:25 PM

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- The United Nations' highest court ordered Azerbaijan on Wednesday to “take all steps at its disposal” to allow free movement of traffic along the only road between Armenia and the ethnic Armenian Nagorno-Karabakh region in Azerbaijan that has been blocked by protesters in a move that has further fueled tensions between the two countries.

The legally binding 13-2 ruling by the International Court of Justice results from the latest legal skirmishes in a long-running feud between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh. Each country filed a case with the court accusing the other of breaching a convention aimed at stamping out racial discrimination.

Wednesday's ruling on the blocked road known as the Lachin Corridor came just over two years after the neighboring nations ended a war in Nagorno-Karabakh that killed about 6,800 soldiers and displaced around 90,000 civilians.

The remote and rugged region is within Azerbaijan but had been under the control of ethnic Armenian forces backed by Armenia since the end of a separatist war in 1994.

A cease-fire brokered by Russia ended the 2020 war and granted Azerbaijan control over parts of Nagorno-Karabakh as well as adjacent land occupied by Armenians. Russia sent a peacekeeping force of 2,000 troops to maintain order, including controlling the Lachin Corridor.

Armenia’s lawyers said during court hearings last month that the roadblock set up late last year by protesters claiming to be environmental activists was part of an Azerbaijani campaign the Armenians labeled “ethnic cleansing.”

International Court of Justice President Joan E. Donoghue said the evidence presented by Armenia established that the blockade “has impeded the transfer of persons of Armenian national and ethnic origin hospitalized in Nagorno-Karabakh to medical facilities in Armenia for urgent medical care."

It also interrupted supplies to Nagorno-Karabakh of “essential goods causing shortages of food, medicine and other lifesaving medical supplies,” Donoghue said.

In their majority decision, the court's judges ordered Azerbaijan to “take all measures at its disposal to ensure unimpeded movement of persons, vehicles and cargo along the Lachin Corridor in both directions.”

In a statement, Azerbaijan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the court's ruling “took note of Azerbaijan’s representation that Azerbaijan has and undertakes to continue to take all steps within its power and at its disposal to guarantee safe movement along the Lachin road.”

The statement said Azerbaijan "will continue to uphold the rights of all people under international law and to hold Armenia to account for its ongoing and historic grave violations of human rights.”

The court, in its ruling, said that Armenia's request for judges to order Azerbaijan to “cease its orchestration and support" of the protests on the Lachin Corridor was "not warranted.”

The judges rejected Armenia's request for an order for Azerbaijan not to block gas supplies to Nagorno-Karabakh, saying that Armenian lawyers did not provide enough evidence to back their claim that Azerbaijan was disrupting the supply.

The judges also declined a request by Azerbaijan for an order to stop or prevent Armenia from laying landmines and booby traps in areas of the region to which Azerbaijani citizens are to return.

The world court ordered both nations a little over a year ago to prevent discrimination against one another’s citizens in the aftermath of the war and to not further aggravate the conflict.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/court-orders-azerbaijan-end-nagorno-karabakh-roadblock-97388003

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Cyprus Mail

Feb 22 2023

World Court orders Azerbaijan to ensure free movement to Nagorno-Karabakh

By Rachael Gillett

The World Court ordered Azerbaijan on Wednesday to ensure free movement through the Lachin corridor to and from the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, as an intermediate step in ongoing legal disputes with neighbouring Armenia.

The Lachin corridor, the only land route giving Armenia direct access to Nagorno-Karabakh, has been blocked since Dec. 12, when protesters claiming to be environmental activists stopped traffic by setting up tents.

Armenia last month told judges at the World Court, formally known as the International Court of Justice, that neighbouring Azerbaijan’s blockade was designed to allow “ethnic cleansing“, a claim rejected by Baku.

Armenia’s foreign ministry welcomed the court’s decision and called on the international community to ensure Azerbaijan immediately implemented the ruling.

“Armenia will closely monitor the situation and inform the court of any violations by Azerbaijan,” it said in a statement.

Nagorno-Karabakh is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan, but its 120,000 inhabitants are predominantly ethnic Armenians and it broke away from Baku in the first of several wars in the early 1990s.

The court said on Wednesday it had evidence that traffic through the corridor was still disrupted, causing “shortages of food, medicines and other lifesaving medical supplies”, and depriving Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh of critical medical care.

It therefore ordered Azerbaijan to “take all measures at its disposal to ensure the unimpeded movement of persons, vehicles and cargo along the Lachin corridor in both directions.”

Azerbaijan has denied any blockade, saying the activists are staging a legitimate protest against what it characterised as illegal mining activity.

The country’s ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement said it would “continue to uphold the rights of all people under international law and to hold Armenia to account for its ongoing and historic grave violations of human rights”.

The court rejected a plea for provisional measures by Azerbaijan that would order Armenia to help remove land mines from areas it previously controlled, and to stop planting explosive devices which prevent Azeri nationals from returning to their former homes.

It also rejected pleas by Armenia to order Azerbaijan to stop alleged orchestration of protests and disruption of natural gas flows to Nagorno-Karabakh.

The court instead referred to the emergency measures it had issued in the tit-for-tat cases brought by the feuding South Caucasus neighbours in 2021, which ordered both countries to not do anything that would make the conflict worse and to prevent the incitement of racial hatred against each others’ nationals.

The World Court in The Hague is the UN court for resolving disputes between countries.

Its rulings are binding, but it has no direct means of enforcing them.

https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/02/22/world-court-orders-azerbaijan-to-ensure-free-movement-to-nagorno-karabakh/

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UAE - Feb 22 2023

World Court orders Azerbaijan to ensure free passage through Lachin corridor

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The World Court ordered Azerbaijan on Wednesday to ensure Armenia free passage through the Lachin corridor to and from the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

The Lachin corridor, the only land route giving Armenia direct access to Nagorno-Karabakh, has been blocked since Dec. 12, when protesters claiming to be environmental activists stopped traffic by setting up tents.

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Armenia last month told judges at the World Court, formally known as the International Court of Justice, that neighboring Azerbaijan’s blockade was designed to allow “ethnic cleansing,” a claim rejected by Baku.

Nagorno-Karabakh is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, but its 120,000 inhabitants are predominantly ethnic Armenians and it broke away from Baku in the first of several wars in the early 1990s.

The court said on Wednesday it had evidence that traffic through the corridor was still disrupted, causing “shortages of food, medicines and other lifesaving medical supplies,” and depriving Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh of critical medical care.

It therefore ordered Azerbaijan to “take all measures at its disposal to ensure the unimpeded movement of persons, vehicles and cargo along the Lachin corridor in both directions.”

Azerbaijan has denied any blockade, saying the activists are staging a legitimate protest against what it characterized as illegal mining activity.

The court rejected a plea for provisional measures by Azerbaijan that would order Armenia to help remove land mines from areas it previously controlled, and to stop planting explosive devices which prevent Azeri nationals from returning to their former homes.

It instead referred to the emergency measures it had issued in the tit-for-tat cases brought by the feuding South Caucasus neighbors in 2021, which ordered both countries to not do anything that would make the conflict worse and to prevent the incitement of racial hatred against each other’s nationals.

The World Court in The Hague is the UN court for resolving disputes between countries.

Its rulings are binding, but it has no direct means of enforcing them.

https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2023/02/22/World-Court-orders-Azerbaijan-to-ensure-free-passage-through-Lachin-corridor

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