Swiss MPs raise issue of Artsakh Armenians` rights 

ArmInfo. Below is a written request by 16 Swiss MPs to the Swiss government concerning  the issue of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians'rights: 

"September 19 marks the anniversary of the day when Azerbaijan  attacked and expelled the entire Armenian population of  Nagorno-Karabakh after subjecting them to a 10-month blockade. This  blockade resulted in the violent prevention of the supply of  essential goods (food, medical supplies, medicines, etc.) through the  Lachin Corridor. The physical and psychological pressure became  unbearable, and many pregnant women suffered the loss of their child  during this period. Azerbaijan's campaign is widely viewed as ethnic  cleansing or genocide, as then-ICJ Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo  noted in his August 2023 report.

"At least 23 Armenians are still being held hostage by the  Azerbaijani government, and Azerbaijan has launched a program of mass  destruction of cultural heritage. Churches, medieval cemeteries and  entire villages belonging to the Armenians who lived there  continuously for thousands of years are being demolished.

"Despite these atrocities, Azerbaijan has not been sanctioned or held  accountable in any way by the international community. On the  contrary, last December Azerbaijan was chosen to host the upcoming UN  climate conference COP29.

"In view of this, I ask the Federal Council to answer the following  questions:

"Does Switzerland recognise the right of the Armenians of  Nagorno-Karabakh to return to their homeland and exercise their right  of self-determination there?

"Does the Swiss delegation at COP29 intend to raise the issue of the  ethnic cleansing of Nagorno-Karabakh and the right of return of its  inhabitants?"