The Washington Post and the New York Times have published ads calling U.S. President Joe Biden to stop the Genocide in Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh), former State Minister of Karabakh Ruven Vardanyan said on social media Tuesday, September 19.
“Thank you for not being indifferent. I am sure that together we will overcome all difficulties,” Vardanyan said.
Since December 12, 2022, the sole road connecting Nagorno Karabakh to Armenia - the Lachin Corridor - has been blocked by Azerbaijan. Baku tightened the blockade on June 15, 2023, banning emergency relief supplies that were carried out by Russian peacekeepers and the International Committee of the Red Cross through the sole road connecting Karabakh to Armenia and the outside world. The move aggravated the shortages of food, medicine and other essential items experienced by the region’s population. On August 15, Karabakh Human Rights Defender’s office reported the first case of death from starvation.