A Humanitarian Crisis

 I want to call your attention to a humanitarian crisis that has been on-going for more years than I have been alive.  I'm talking about the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.  In 2020, Turkey and Azerbaijan together attacked Nagorno-Karabakh. The president of Turkey said that this is the fulfillment of the mission of our grandfathers in the Caucuses. That means genocide--to eradicate the presence of Armenians in the Caucasus.  

In 1991, when the Soviet Union collapsed, the Nagorno-Karabakh region, which was 95% Armenian, declared independence, and wanted to join Armenia.  From that day, there was a war between Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan. 

In 2020, COVID struck.  Everyone was preoccupied.  But this was the same scenario that happened during the genocide of Armenians in 1915. The world was preoccupied with WWI and the Ottoman Empire used the opportunity to commit genocide on Armenia.

During 2020, Turkey and Azerbaijan performed military exercises near Nagorno-Karabakh.  Then with the help of Turkish generals, Nagorno-Karabakh was attacked. Drones made in Turkey were used.  They even used phosphoric bombs which are prohibited internationally.  5000 to 6000 Armenian soldiers were killed.  Turkey and Azerbaijan took all the surrounding parts of Nagorno-Karabakh.

The war ended in 2020 with three partial agreements of ceasefire between Russia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan.  The understanding was that there would be this corridor, Lachin Corridor, connecting Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia.

But shortly after the ceasefire, purported envionmentalist blocked the Lachin Corridor, the only road linking Armenia with Nagorno-Karabakh.  Human rights groups say this blockade is creating a humanitarian crisis in the disputed region, leaving 120,000 ethnic Armenians living under siege, with no electricity, and with dwindling food and medicine.

Now, the Azerbaijani authorities prohibit even the International Red Cross to pass, which means that these people, living in Nagorno-Karabakh don't have electricity, gas, water, and little food.

What will happen to them?