Artsakh Blockade

The Artsakh blockade began in December 2022 when Azerbaijani activists, later joined by military personnel, established a checkpoint on the Lachin Corridor , the only road connecting Nagorno Karabakh to Armenia. Over the following nine months, the blockade progressively tightened, cutting off gas, electricity, food deliveries, and medical evacuations. By the summer of 2023, the population of Artsakh was facing acute food shortages and a humanitarian emergency.

The blockade drew condemnation from Western governments and was the subject of proceedings at the International Court of Justice, which issued provisional measures ordering Azerbaijan to ensure free movement through the corridor. Those measures were not enforced. Russia’s peacekeeping contingent, which held a mandate to guarantee passage under the 2020 ceasefire, took no action to reopen the road. The United States and European Union issued statements but applied no meaningful pressure.

Azerbaijan’s military offensive on September 19, 2023 ended the blockade by ending the existence of Armenian Nagorno Karabakh entirely. Within three weeks, nearly the entire population of 150,000 Armenians had been driven from Artsakh to Armenia — what human rights organizations and international observers have characterized as ethnic cleansing. Groong covered the blockade in real time throughout its duration — the humanitarian conditions inside Artsakh, the diplomatic failures, and the eventual collapse.

Arthur G Martirosyan - Armenia Azerbaijan Negotiations Continue | Self-Determination for Artsakh | Hayaqve [.am] [EP266]

Posted on Tuesday, Jul 4, 2023 | Category: Armenia, Artsakh, Politics, Nagorno Karabakh, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Russia, Artsakh Blockade, European Union, Georgia, Ukraine, Genocide, Human Rights, India, Iran, Middle East, NATO

Guest:

Arthur G. Martirosyan

Topics:

Armenian Azerbaijan Negotiations Continue
- Negotiations in DC: chances of progress
- Vartan Oskanian on negotiations
- Rights and Security
- Self-Determination for Artsakh
- Border Demarcation
- No Unblocking or Guarantees
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Episode 266 | Recorded: July 4, 2023

Tevan Poghosyan - Barriers on Hakari | Erdogan in Azerbaijan | Lukashenko at CSTO | Wagner Defused | Pashinyan Testimony | Hayaqve | Ep 264 - June 25, 2023 [EP264]

Posted on Tuesday, Jun 27, 2023 | Category: Armenia, Artsakh, Politics, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, Russia, Nagorno Karabakh, Artsakh Blockade, Iran, Ukraine, Genocide, India | Series: wir

Guest:

Tevan Poghosyan

Topics:

Concrete Barriers On Hakari Bridge
Erdogan visit to Azerbaijan
Lukashenko at the CSTO
Putin Defuses Wagnerian Opera
Pashinyan 44-Day War Testimony in Parliament
HayaQve [.am]

Episode 264 | Recorded: June 27, 2023

Tevan Poghosyan - Barriers on Hakari | Erdogan in Azerbaijan | Lukashenko at CSTO | Wagner Defused | Pashinyan Testimony | Hayaqve | Ep 264 - June 25, 2023 [EP264]

Posted on Tuesday, Jun 27, 2023 | Category: Armenia, Artsakh, Politics, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, Russia, Nagorno Karabakh, Artsakh Blockade, Iran, Ukraine, Genocide, India

Guest:

Tevan Poghosyan

Topics:

Concrete Barriers On Hakari Bridge
Erdogan visit to Azerbaijan
Lukashenko at the CSTO
Putin Defuses Wagnerian Opera
Pashinyan 44-Day War Testimony in Parliament
HayaQve [.am]

Episode 264 | Recorded: June 27, 2023