Artsakh has been under siege for 208 days.
Severely ill patients of Artsakh are waiting for their turn to be transferred to medical facilities in Yerevan. Artsakh InfoCenter reported.
On 3 and 5 July, 30 patients together escorts from the “Republican Medical Center” CJSC of the Ministry of Health of the Artsakh Republic, they were transferred to the specialized medical center of the RA rthrough the international mediation and escort of the “Red Cross”.
During these days, 25 medical patients have returned to Artsakh in ICRC vehicles, along with those who were sent to RA for treatment in the scope of the state order.
The International Medical Congress of Armenia was supposed to be held in Artsakh this year on 6-8 July. However, due to the blockade, it was impossible to organize the expected event in Artsakh. Moreover, Artsakh specialists could not directly participate in the work of the Congress. They joined it remotely.
For 22 days, Azerbaijan has blocked the humanitarian transportation of all types and cargoes to Artsakh.
After the military provocation near Hakari Bridge on the morning of 15 June, Azerbaijan has blocked all types of humanitarian transportation, including people and goods, in both directions at the illegally installed checkpoint since 23 April, 2023.
Blocking the transportation of humanitarian goods to Artsakh deepens the humanitarian crisis situation created in Artsakh as a result of the blockade. The already poor food situation caused by the six-month long blockade due to the blocking of humanitarian transport creates existential threats for the 120,000 people of Artsakh, including 30,000 children, 20,000 elderly and 9,000 people with disabilities.
“The Court considers that it is necessary to apply a temporary measure and court records that Azerbaijan is obliged to take the measures that depend on it to ensure the uninterrupted movement of people and goods in both directions through the Lachin Corridor.”
However, the fact is that the road is still closed.
Due to the lack of international pressure on Azerbaijan, the Armenians of Artsakh are facing a humanitarian disaster. The appeals of the international community have been ignored by the leadership of Azerbaijan until now.
Fundamental human rights have been violated for 208 days, and international organizations and states are silent.
Due to the terrorist behavior of the Azerbaijani side, the villages of Shushi region are completely cut off from the capital of Artsakh and other settlements.
It should be noted that the Governing Board of the CSO Anti-Corruption Coalition of Armenia also made a statement. “This blockade, under the guise of environmentalism, pursues the realization of the corrupt ambitions of the despotic leadership of Azerbaijan to seize the most important assets of Artsakh’s economy.”
