U.S. Senator: Aliyev must allow international observers to Karabakh
YEREVAN, September 24. /ARKA/. The situation in Nagorno-Karabakh is dire, U.S. Senator Gary Peters said in a post on X after traveling to Lachin corridor, the only road that links Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia that has been blocked by Azerbaijan since December 2022.
‘The Aliyev regime must allow international observers inside now so the world can see exactly what is happening. I viewed the brutal blockade at the Lachin corridor with Governor of Syunik province and U.S. Ambassador to Armenia and stand with the Armenian people,’ Peters said.
Peters leads a US Congressional delegation that is visiting Armenia.
On September 19 Azerbaijan launched an "anti-terror" operation in the region demanding that Karabakh's forces raise a white flag, disband their armed forces and dissolve their "illegal regime".
After 24-hour fierce fighting the ethnic Armenian authorities in Stepanakert gave in. Under the terms of the truce, outlined by Azerbaijan and the command of the Russian peacekeeping contingent on the ground, Karabakh armed forces must commit to being completely disbanded as well as disarmed.
According to the Nagorno-Karabakh human rights defender’s office, more than 10 thousand people have been evacuated from the communities seized by Azerbaijanis, several thousand cannot find their missing relatives -women, children and elderly people.
As of 21:30 September 20, the number of casualties stood at 200, including children, the number of wounded at more than 400.
Azerbaijani officials and Karabakh's Armenian representatives had the first meeting today for "re-integration" talks in the Azerbaijani town of Yevlakh. -0-
