Aram I briefs U.S. ambassador to Lebanon on grave situation in  Artsakh 

ArmInfo.Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I held a meting with U.S. Ambassador to  Lebanon Dorothy Shea. The Catholicos spoke of the grave situation round Nagorno-Karabakh.

Aram I emphasized that "the crisis in Artsakh is not only a  humanitarian crisis, but, in fact, it is a political problem related  to the right to self-determination of the Armenians of Artsakh."

The Patriarch then stated that Azerbaijan had created a humanitarian  crisis by dooming more than 120,000 people to starvation in order to  obliterate the right to self-determination by either depriving  Artsakh of its Armenian population, or by starving the Armenian  people, exposing them to racial discrimination.

Appreciating the various forms of American support for the Armenian  people, Armenia and Artsakh, His Holiness said that the Armenian  people expect more. His Eminence also touched upon the large-scale  protests of Diaspora Armenians in different parts of the world.

The ambassador, who is well acquainted with both the historical and  political aspects of the Artsakh issue, promised His Holiness to  convey his concerns and expectations to the authorities of the United  States of America.

The meeting also discussed the presidential elections in Lebanon. The  importance of holding urgent elections in order to push the state  towards the reconstruction process, especially in the socio-economic  area, was stressed.