Groong and “168 Hours” continue their coverage of the crisis in Artsakh in an effort to increase the amount of English language content in the midst of the humanitarian disaster in Artsakh, which has entered its 15th day.
Something your international media won’t tell you… 120,000 Armenians in the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh have been suffering a full blockade by Azerbaijan (complete shut down of routes) for over 10 days now, facing a humanitarian crisis… Tens of thousands today went to the streets to restate what has been stated and proven for many times now – Armenians will not accept the rule of a genocidal racist regime of Azerbaijan, which is glorifying violence against Armenians and living in its own imaginary fake history…
To talk about this, we are joined by Edgar Elbakyan, a political scientist and social thinker based in Yerevan, Armenia. He is a co-founder of the Armenian Project non-profit organization, which contributes to enhancing Armenian national civil society.
Our next guest is Varuzhan Geghamyan, who is an assistant professor at Yerevan State University and teaches on Turkey’s modern history and the history of Azerbaijan.
Our guest is Aram Orbelyan, an international law specialist, who is an attorney and managing partner at Concern Dialog law firm, and PhD in Public international law. Mr. Orbelyan lectures at the Academy of Advocates of the Republic of Armenia, and lectured public international law at French University of Armenia. Mr. Orbelyan was Deputy Minister of Justice of Armenia between 2011 and 2014.
Since December 12, the Azerbaijani authorities, under the guise of fake “environmental” activists, have blocked the only road connecting Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) to Armenia and the world, Lachin Corridor, which is rightly called the “road of life”. 120 thousand people living in Artsakh, including 30 thousand children, found themselves in the conditions of a real humanitarian disaster, being deprived of food, fuel, medicine.
Azerbaijan’s blockade of the Lachin Corridor is causing a humanitarian crisis, United States Congresswoman Lori Trahan said.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan calls for a UN or OSCE fact-finding mission to be deployed to Nagorno Karabakh and Lachin Corridor.
Armenia conveyed to Azerbaijan its proposals around a peace treaty and is ready to sign it with that content, Nikol Pashinyan said at the Cabinet meeting.
The crisis in Lachin Corridor hasn’t been resolved since last week, with the exception of one thing –natural gas supply to Nagorno Karabakh was restored, Nikol Pashinyan said at the Cabinet meeting.
