Artsakh Republic President Arayik Harutyunyan made statement on  humanitarian crisis organized by Azerbaijan

ArmInfo. It's been five days already, since  Azerbaijan is keeping the 120,000 population of Artsakh in total  blockade with an "emotional" and attention-grabbing agenda, flavoured  with fake environmental pretexts, thus putting the Armenians of  Artsakh in front of a humanitarian disaster.  Head of the Republic of  Artsakh Arayik Harutyunyan made this statement.

As the Artsakh President's official page in Facebook reports, the  statement reads, in part: "However, as we can see, the people of  Artsakh do not kneel and honourably overcome the current processes,  which are incompatible with the 21st century and almost unimaginable  for civilized people, as well as the difficulties, sufferings, and  humanitarian consequences arising from them.

In this regard, on behalf of the people of the Artsakh Republic, I  declare:

-The people of Artsakh are supporters and advocates of peace,  stability and neighborly relations between peoples in the region.

-The people of Artsakh are open to the discussion of any question  and problem, to free dialogue, are willing to build and anticipate  constructive relations formed on the basis of mutual respect of  rights.

-We consider the use of coercion, demonstration and use of force as  unacceptable and we call for the final rejection of the idea of  depopulating Artsakh, which was the reason for the initiation of the  Artsakh Liberation Struggle and is an integral part of the  Azerbaijani state policy. In that case only will the will to achieve  peace be appreciated, and peace be sincere, real, and tangible.

-The people of Artsakh have adopted a decision to resist the  encroachment against their rights and to bear the physical  deprivation inflicted on us with dignity, thereby neutralizing all  possible attempts to impose concessions and conditions constraining  the decision-making on Mother Armenia.

- We express our gratitude to the Republic of Armenia and our  compatriots in the Diaspora, who are speaking out and informing the  international community about the crime being committed against the  citizens of the Artsakh Republic these days, initiating legal  processes, simply encouraging and giving strength to the people of  Artsakh.

-We convey our gratitude to the Russian peacekeeping contingent for  remaining faithful to their mission.  The peacekeepers have been  standing by the people of Artsakh firmly and resolutely for days,  without paying tribute to provocations, demonstrative insults and  contemptuous attitude. We highly appreciate the conscious steps taken  by the peacekeepers to alleviate the humanitarian problems of our  people, we will continue our struggle and will never be a tool to put  pressure on the Russian Federation or damage its reputation, because  we are sure that the Russian Federation has the irrevocable will to  solve the problems diplomatically and through dialogue."