An instrument of
“petty revenge” has been discovered for the Azerbaijani policy of ethnic
cleansing of Armenians of Artsakh
Yesterday at night,
yet again the Azerbaijani side deliberately stopped the operation of the only
gas pipeline supplying gas from Armenia to Artsakh. The gas supply of Artsakh
was disrupted for the first time on March 8, due to an alleged accident,
Afterwards, the Azerbaijani side did not allow experts from Artsakh to approach
the area of the “accident”, which was located under their (Azerbaijani)
control. From that moment on it has become obvious that the state policy of
Armenophobia of Azerbaijan had discovered yet another method to pressure the
Armenians of Artsakh.
The analysis of
reliable facts reveals that during the reconstruction works or under their guise,
the Azerbaijani side has installed a valve on the gas pipeline to terrorize the
peaceful population of Artsakh and to leave them without heating, hot water,
and other basic conditions necessary especially during cold weather conditions,
by closing it at any given time.
The gas supply that
was restored on March 18 lasted less than 3 days. In these severe winter
weather conditions, children, older persons, the sick and displaced persons of
Artsakh are deprived of heating. People are facing undefinable difficulties.
The humanitarian crisis in Artsakh is ongoing.
It is beyond doubt
for us that the Azerbaijani side is deliberately continuing the state policy of
terrorizing and pressuring the population of Artsakh. The goal is the same
- annihilation and ethnic cleansing of
Artsakh from its indigenous Armenian population.
This shameful "revenge" towards more than
100,000 Armenians is unacceptable. This state policy best describes the false
and empty essence of the theses of “tolerance” declared by Azerbaijan.
We strongly condemn
this ongoing practice of ethnic hatred and revenge by Azerbaijan towards the
people of Artsakh.
We call on
international human rights organizations and actors to put pressure on the
Azerbaijani side in order to eliminate this gross and continuous human rights
violation.
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