Vardanyan: Azerbaijan conscientiously  pursues genocide policy  against Artsakh Armenians

ArmInfo. The very fact that the issue related to the situation in Artsakh is being discussed in  the UN Security Council indicates that it is not closed and is not an internal affair of Azerbaijan. Former state minister of Artsakh, philanthropist Ruben Vardanyan, states.

"This is a problem of the international community, because Azerbaijan  is conscientiously  pursuing a policy of genocide against the  Armenians of Artsakh, which is a crime against humanity," the  politician said.  According to Vardanyan, another important aspect of  yesterday's discussion was that most of the participants stressed  that Azerbaijan must fulfill its obligations by  lift the blockade of  the only corridor connecting Artsakh with Armenia.

The philanthropist pointed to the obviousness that a country that  does not fulfill its obligations cannot be trusted with any other  country, especially in the matter of concluding a peace treaty.

"On the TV Rain (Dozhd), I had the opportunity to talk about the  situation in Artsakh, and also clearly state that this is not only a  humanitarian catastrophe. This is a clear policy pursued by  Azerbaijan to put pressure on those people who, 35 years ago, using  all legal mechanisms, declared that they want to live independently.   That is why this issue is not closed and will not be closed, despite  all the efforts of Azerbaijan," Vardanyan concluded.

The politician as a whole presented the current situation in Artsakh.  He talked about the fact that people are already dying from  malnutrition; that the situation is heading towards massive human  losses, that Artsakh urgently needs medicines and food; and that  against Aliyev, who arranged all this for the sake of achieving some  of his political goals, sanctions should be imposed, otherwise it  turns out that his actions are encouraged.

It should be noted that an emergency meeting of the UN Security  Council on the situation around Artsakh was held the night before. It  was convened at the suggestion of Armenia. In general, the  participants of the meeting emphasized the inadmissibility of the  fact of closing the corridor, calling for ensuring both its  functioning and the operation of other routes.