Stepanakert: In conditions of complete impunity, criminal actions of  Azerbaijan against people of Artsakh are becoming increasingly  threatening

ArmInfo.On 4 April, another flagrant violation of the rights of the citizens of Artsakh took place that indicates the true goals pursued by Azerbaijan, which has  been holding the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic)  under a complete blockade for more than 110 days. This is stated in  the statement of the NKR Foreign Ministry in connection with the  obstruction by the Azerbaijani side of the return of the citizens of  Artsakh.

The Foreign Ministry of Artsakh reminded in particular: "The  Azerbaijani side refused to let through the Lachin Corridor vehicles  of the Russian Peacekeeping Contingent with citizens of Artsakh who  remained in Armenia due to the blockade and were deprived of the  opportunity to reunite with their families. The Azerbaijani side  stopped the vehicles on the blocked section of the Lachin Corridor  and for 5 hours subjected the people in the vehicles, mainly women,  children and elderly persons, to psychological terror and  intimidation. Subsequently, Azerbaijan made an attempt to turn the  suffering of the people into a show of hypocritical pseudo-humanism.  

This egregious incident clearly demonstrates that the Azerbaijani  authorities have embarked on the next level of practical  implementation of their criminal plan to ethnically cleanse Artsakh  and expel its people from their historical homeland. These intentions  were publicly announced by the President of Azerbaijan on 10 January  2023, in an interview with the Azerbaijani media.  Subsequently, the  Azerbaijani political leadership repeatedly voiced the threat that  the people of Artsakh should either obey the Armenophobic authorities  of Azerbaijan or leave their homeland.  

In an environment of complete impunity, the criminal actions  committed by Azerbaijan against the people of Artsakh are becoming  increasingly threatening both in nature and scale. The inaction of  the international community in the face of such serious violations of  human rights is tantamount to tacit approval, if not complicity in  the inhumane actions of official Baku. Immediate and decisive action  by the United Nations Security Council, which has the appropriate  mandate and tools, is an absolute necessity to immediately end the  illegal blockade and stop the crimes of Azerbaijan against the people  of Artsakh, which continue before the eyes of the international  community," they concluded.