Turkiye supports Azerbaijan`s genocidal policy against Artsakh people

ArmInfo. Turkiye has supported the genocidal policy of Azerbaijan against the people of  Artsakh.

Thus, today the Turkish Foreign Ministry issued a statement on the  situation around the Kashatagh (Lachin) corridor, in which it fully  justified the siege of Artsakh perpetrated by Azerbaijan, which has  been going on for exactly 9 months.

" Turkiye has been following the longstanding debates on the Lachin  road closely and understands Azerbaijan's legitimate concerns on the  issue. nfortunately, these concerns that Azerbaijan has voiced loudly  for a long time were not taken into account, and as a result,  Azerbaijan took the measures it deems appropriate within the  framework of its sovereign rights," the Turkish Foreign Ministry  said.

Ankara also stated that "there is no justification for the criticisms  against Azerbaijan regarding the Lachin road."

"The fact that medical passages are currently provided along the  road, as well as other routes suitable for transporting large volumes  of materiel, indicates that the Azerbaijani side is making every  effort in good faith.

"Our expectation from Armenia is to avoid provocative steps, to  recognize Azerbaijan's territorial integrity and sovereignty, to  support the use of 'Agdam-Khankendi' and other alternative ways to  meet the needs of the Armenian population in Karabakh, as well as to  support efforts to reintegrate the Armenian population of  Azerbaijan," the ministry said.

"Turkiye believes that to ensure peace and stability in the region,  the territorial integrity, sovereignty and humanitarian efforts of  Azerbaijan should be supported and actions that aggravate the  situation should be avoided," the Turkish Foreign Ministry added,  according to which, apparently, only violation of the rights of  Armenians and the Armenian state is permissible.

Since December 12, 2022, Artsakh has been under blockade imposed by  Azerbaijan. If until June 15 of this year the International Committee  of the Red Cross and Russian peacekeepers had the opportunity to  deliver at least limited quantities of essential products for the  besieged population of Artsakh, then after June 15 this opportunity  is not there either. The 120,000 population of Artsakh is on the  verge of starvation amid the inaction of the international community.  Every day people fall into hungry swoons in long lines for bread.  Since July 26, trucks with a humanitarian cargo from the Armenian  government in the amount of 360 tons have been standing in Kornidzor  and are waiting for the opportunity to pass to the besieged Artsakh.

Meanwhile, Azerbaijan cynically instead of reopening the  internationally recognized road blocked by them, as an alternative to  the Kashatagh corridor, offers to supply goods to the people of  Artsakh from Azerbaijan via Akna-Stepanakert road. Thus, Azerbaijan  is trying to complete the process of forcible subjugation of Artsakh.

On August 12, Armenia applied to the UN Security Council with a  request to convene an emergency meeting on the situation around  Nagorno-Karabakh. We also add that a number of international experts  in the field of jurisprudence already describe Azerbaijan's actions  against the people of Artsakh as genocide.