Friday, October 20 2023 10:52

ArmInfo. The Austrian Parliament has unanimously adopted a resolution condemning Azerbaijan's military actions in Nagorno Karabakh, calling for support support to Armenia, protection of Armenian cultural and religious heritage, and ensuring international access to Nagorno Karabakh.

The lawmakers condemn Azerbaijan's military actions., which have  caused a mass exodus of over 100,000 ethnic Armenians from  Nagorno-Karabakh.

"The Federal Government, especially the Foreign Minister, should  continue to represent this position in all international committees  and in bilateral discussions and work for de-escalation and the  resumption of dialogue between Azerbaijan and Armenia. In addition,  it must be ensured that the population remaining in Nagorno-Karabakh  is given unrestricted access to vital goods in the long term and that  minority rights and cultural assets are protected," the resolution  says.

"For urgently needed humanitarian aid, international humanitarian  organizations also need unhindered access to Nagorno-Karabakh. In  order to further stabilize the refugee situation, Armenia, as a  priority country for Austrian development cooperation, should  continue to receive the necessary funds, according to the  application," the lawmakers say.

"The situation in Nagorno-Karabakh is oppressive," said Harald Troch  (SP™).

"A 3,000-year-old culture is being wiped out and bulldozed.  Solidarity is required here. The world is confronted with a large  number of humanitarian crises," said Robert Laimer (SP™).

"This requires a coordinated approach and neutral states would play  an important role as bridge builders and mediators, Laimer said,  calling for called for a "more committed foreign policy" by Austria.

"Society should not get used to the madness that happens every day,"  Melanie Erasim (SP™) said.

"The international community has failed in Nagorno-Karabakh since the  collapse of the Soviet Union and should have done more for it,"  emphasized Dagmar Belakowitsch (FP™). "Even in the current ethnic  cleansing, the international community only watched," Belakowitsch  said, stressing that Azerbaijan should be condemned.

"The expulsion of Armenians from their historic homeland should not  go unpunished," said Ewa Ernst- Dziedzic (Greens). "This is a blatant  violation of international law. An international mechanism should be  set up in Nagorno-Karabakh to monitor the situation and ensure the  safe and dignified return of Armenians to their homeland. It is  important to ensure that such ethnic cleansing does not take place in  the south of Armenia," she said.