YEREVAN, APRIL 24, ARTSAKHPRESS. The blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh that acquired official nature since April 23 is a manifestation of Azerbaijan’s genocidal intent, ARTSAKHPRESS.reports member of the Armenian delegation to the PACE, Vice-President of the National Assembly Ruben Rubinyan.
Beginning his speech at the PACE Plenary Session with the words about the 108th anniversary of the remembrance of the victims of the Armenian Genocide, Rubinyan emphasized. “We can and must at least try to prevent future atrocities. If we do that, we won’t have to speak about future atrocities in future sessions.”
He announced at the PACE that Azerbaijan has already officially blocked Nagorno-Karabakh completely since yesterday, illegally setting up a checkpoint in the Lachin Corridor, which was supposed to connect Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh.
“And now 120,000 people are being held hostage by a country that hates them. And this happens just one week after the statement of the president of Azerbaijan that the Armenians of Karabakh should either accept Azerbaijani citizenship or find another place to live. And the fact that they officially started blocking Karabakh yesterday is a manifestation of Azerbaijan’s genocidal intent,” said the Vice President of the National Assembly.
Rubinyan remembered that this is probably the 5th or 6th session that he is talking about the threats faced by the 120 thousand population of Nagorno Karabakh.
“And I’m not talking about political risks, the threats to their rights, I’m not talking about the risk of war, I’m talking about the risk of genocide. I hope we will be able to prevent this”, Rubinyan said.
Azerbaijan, once again grossly violating the provisions of the trilateral declaration of November 9, 2020, since April 23 has closed the Hakari bridge in the Lachin Corridor, illegally installing a checkpoint.
