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The survivors of the brutal Baku pogroms in 1990 The Foreign Ministry of Artsakh issued a statement on the occasion of the 31st anniversary of the massacres of Armenians in Baku. Below is the text of the statement. January 13, 1990 is one of the most tragic dates in the history of the Armenian people. On this day, mass pogroms of Armenians began in the capital city of Azerbaijan, Baku, which became the apogee of the targeted policy of the Azerbaijani authorities on exterminating the Armenian po...

Op-Ed: Promoting the Azerbaijani-Jewish Friendship ByVugar Mammadov In Azerbaijan, tolerance and multiculturalism have deep historical roots which are developed in modern society and supported at the state level. All conditions are created for the peaceful and secure residence of representatives of various nationalities, cultures and religions; historical monuments, mosques, churches, temples, synagogues are gently preserved and, as necessary, restored. The unique atmosphere of tolerance and in...

by 18 December 2020 John Eibner PA The Primate of the Artsakh diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan, presides at a service in a bomb shelter in Nagorno-Karabakh, in October The Primate of the Artsakh diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan, presides at a service in a bomb shelter in Nagorno... BADLY wounded by Azerbaijani rockets and desecrated by invading soldiers, the Armenian Apo...

December 17, 2020 Russian President Vladimir Putin during his annual press conference at the presidential residence in Moscow on Dec. 17 Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said that the Karabakh is Azerbaijan and its status must remain be unchanged. He also said that Turkey defended Azerbaijan’s “just cause” when it backed Baku in military operations against Artsakh. “From an international legal perspective, all these territories are an integral part of the Republic of Azer...

The Milford Daily News This is written to bring attention to a situation that rarely gets notice in a suburban newspaper. In violation of U.S. and international law, Amnesty International confirms that Azerbaijan and Turkey are firing cluster-bombs and prohibited munitions into residential areas of Artsakh (also called Nagorno Karabakh) and Armenia.  Two Presidents, Azerbaijan’s Aliyev and Turkey’s Erdogan are guilty of premeditated surprise attacks and sustained assaults on Armenia and...

Shusha in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo: Francis Farrell On the southeastern outskirts of the hilltop city of Shusha, a narrow street lined with the forlorn ruins of old stone houses gives way to an open grassy field. Walking in the direction of a distant opposite cliff face, the land abruptly begins to drop away underfoot, opening into a dramatic gorge hundreds of metres deep. Among the grass on the edge of the ravine, great blocks of karst jut out in near-perfect rows to form a natural grandstand o...

URL copied to clipboard On 27 September, one of the world’s most bitter conflicts erupted into a full-scale war. Armenia and Azerbaijan fought for six brutal weeks over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabkah, which is internationally recognised as Azerbaijani territory but traditionally populated by a majority of ethnic Armenians. The war ended on 10 November, after Russia brokered a ceasefire. Under this deal, Armenia has handed over seven areas in a buffer zone that surround Karabakh, ...