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WHAT HAPPENED?


December 12 at 10:30

Azerbaijani citizens, calling themselves eco-activists, as well as representatives of the Azerbaijani special services blocked the Lachin corridor for travel - the only road connecting Armenia with the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. The Stepanakert-Goris highway was blocked under the pretext of environmental checks: the Azerbaijani side demands to stop the operation of mines in the Martakert region of the NKR.

On the evening of December 13

Azerbaijan cut off gas supplies on the territory of the NKR.

Residents of the NKR have already been left without heat - in mid-December, the temperature in the territory of the Republic can drop to -10 degrees. In addition to the fact that the gas has already been cut off, there are serious fears of a complete blackout.

Now 120,000 residents of the NKR - a quarter of whom are children - are one step away from a humanitarian catastrophe: very soon they may lose medicines, food and fuel, as stocks are limited, and the supply was stopped due to the blocking of the only road.

December 14

NKR State Minister Ruben Vardanyan introduced fuel saving mode: at the moment, the priority is the uninterrupted operation of ambulances, public transport and special services.

More than 1,000 people couldn't get home and stayed on the blocked roadwithout being able to reunite with their families.

Another of the consequences of the blockade is informational. The Azerbaijani side is making attempts to block the flow of information, telephone communication and the Internet in order to deprive the inhabitants of the NKR of the opportunity to have a reliable picture of what is happening.

 

BACKGROUND

The recent events are not the first blockade of the territory of the NKR by the Azerbaijani side. Each time Azerbaijan's actions were illegal. Firstly, the blocking of the Lachin corridor is contrary to the basic norms and principles of international law. Secondly, blocking the only road connecting the NKR with the outside world is a direct violation of paragraph 6 of the tripartite agreement dated November 10, 2020. The guarantor of this agreement is the Russian peacekeepers stationed in the region. Now their post is blocked, and they are hardly able to restrain the Azerbaijani group. The situation on the line of contact is on the verge of aggravation.

Unfortunately, terrorist attacks on the line of contact occur with depressing regularity and have already become the new norm. Although November 10, 2020 Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia signed agreement about the end of the war in Nagorno-Karabakh, the confrontation did not stop. From August 1 to August 3, 2022, armed clashes took place between the Azerbaijani side and the defense army of the unrecognized NKR due to ceasefire violations by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces. On the night of September 13-14, 2022, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces fired upon Jermuk, Goris, Sotk and Vardenis. This escalation was unprecedented, as the territories of Armenia that were not related to the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic were attacked.

 

What can we, witnesses of the unfolding humanitarian crisis, do?

Only international publicity and public attention can stop the Azerbaijani side in its illegal actions. Every minute of the inhuman blockade inflicts irreparable losses on the proud but small people of the NKR. The aggressive onslaught of resource-rich Azerbaijan will have dire consequences. Already, thousands of families are left without the ability to heat their homes, people do not have access to fuel, and very soon they will find themselves without the necessary food and medicine, because they are cut off from the world. The blocking of the Lachin corridor has all the signs of a genocidal action against the people of the NKR. The situation is getting worse every minute, so Azerbaijan's extremist aspirations must be curbed as soon as possible.

 

120,000 residents of the NKR need your help! We must not leave the people of the NKR face to face with this devastating ordeal!

The road of life must be unlocked!

 

#roadOfLife

#UnblockTheRoad

Initiative group roadof life

Translations of this text into English, Spanish, French and Portuguese can be downloaded from this link.

 

 

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