Gurgen Nersisyan: Armenia, Russia and int`l community have taken the role of observers

ArmInfo. From June 15  this year, the people of Artsakh are facing the threat of physical  violence and have been living off internal resources for a month now.  State Minister of the Republic of Artsakh Gurgen Nersisyan stated on  July 14 at the Renaissance Square in Stepanakert.

<Through joint efforts, we tried to keep the situation in such a way  that the consequences of the blockade would have a minimal impact on  the people of Artsakh. Hoping that in a short time Armenia, Russia  and the international community will take decisive steps to prevent a  catastrophe, but they just took the role of outside observers>, he  said.

The Minister of State announced that the current situation is dire,  noting that every next day will be worse than the previous one. He  said that there are already numerous healthcare sector problems, many  communities are deprived of access to drinking water, residents of  isolated villages have become hostages, with all the hardships that  come with it, children in kindergartens practically do not eat, and  patients in medical institutions are given a limited amount of food.

Nersisyan also drew attention to the fact that in the near future the  movement of intercommunal public transport will stop, ambulances will  stop working, and people will have difficulty accessing medicines and  medical care.

<And now I want to turn to international actors, Armenia and Russia.  What are you waiting for? So that we have human corpses on this  square, so that you would react? Want a replay of the tragic death of  two children days earlier to sober you up? Enough! For the third year  already, the people of Artsakh have been patiently enduring various  kinds of suffering, mothers and sisters, hiding tears, stare into the  eyes of their children, and, suffocating from the burden of  responsibility, steadily choose their Motherland and Artsakh>, he  stressed.

Artsakh has been under Azerbaijani blockade since December 12, 2022,  as a result of which it is deprived of gas, electricity and basic  necessities. From June 15 this year, Azerbaijan blocked the movement  of the International Committee of the Red Cross, which carried out a  humanitarian mission to transport patients from Artsakh to Armenia  and supply essentials. All this is happening against the backdrop of  the inaction of the civilized international community.