Tuesday, December 13 2022 12:17

ArmInfo. The National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh has issued the following  statement: 

"Yesterday, December 12, a group of so-called environmentalists and  journalists, violating all norms of international law, as well as the  provisions of the tripartite declaration of November 9, 2020 on the  cessation of all military operations in Nagorno-Karabakh, closed the  Stepanakert-Goris highway again, which is ongoing until now. 

"These provocative actions, directly organized by the official Baku,  are aimed at the implementation of the elaborate plans to depopulate  Artsakh, to forcefully include it in its composition. After November  9, 2020, Azerbaijan, ignoring the signed Tripartite Declaration,  having illegally occupied many territories of the Republic of  Artsakh, shells regularly the Armenian settlements, kills and  terrorizes civilians, disrupting their normal life in every possible  way. Claims and actions of environmentalists have no substantiated  justifications, because no recorded environmental threat to the  neighboring Azerbaijani territories and the population living there  have been recorded over the previous 30 years, which speaks of the  Republic of Artsakh as a responsible entity that respects the norms  of international law. 

"The National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh states, that this  course of action of the military and political authorities of  Azerbaijan is a gross violation of the reached agreements,  international obligations, principles and norms of international law,  which threatens Artsakh with a humanitarian crisis, bringing our  entire people to the brink of genocide. 

"The authorities of the Republic of Armenia are obliged to take  objective and effective steps in order to restore the uninterrupted  land connection between the Republic of Artsakh and the Republic of  Armenia as well as to protect the rights of citizens of the Republic  of Artsakh. 

"We expect from the Russian Federation, as a participant in the  tripartite statement of November 9, 2020 and guarantor of peace and  stability in the region, to take immediate action to curb  Azerbaijan's extremist ambitions. Otherwise, we will face the  question of the right of Artsakh Armenians to exist and live in their  native land as well as the authority of the Russian peacekeeping  mission. 

"We call on international organizations and UN member states to  condemn the genocidal policy of Azerbaijan, to urgently convene a  session of the UN Security Council and apply practical steps in order  to prevent it. 

"We are appealing to our compatriots in Armenia and the Diaspora to  use all opportunities to speak on different platforms about the  humanitarian disaster created by Azerbaijan in Artsakh, to stand up  for the protection of the rights of Artsakh Armenians and to be ready  to take necessary actions accordingly.

"Dear compatriots,

"Our fight is continuous and the will to live in the native land -  unbreakable."