Author: Jalatian Sonya

ArmInfo.Protests were held in Yerevan and Stepanakert in connection with the inhumane actions of Azerbaijan against the civilian population of Nagorno-Karabakh.

So, today, on March 24, children and women gathered in front of the  children’s hospital in Stepanakert, who protested in connection with  the inhumane actions of Azerbaijan, which has been terrorizing the  civilian population since March 8, by obstructing the gas supply to  Nagorno-Karabakh.

“Dear friends, what is happening now in Artsakh can only be called a  humanitarian catastrophe. Deliberate damage and blocking with illegal  installation of a gas pipeline valve on harsh, snowy days, leaving  the civilian population without heat, is an act of terrorism. If not  us, ordinary citizens, then who instead of us will inform the world  about how the Azerbaijani authorities are mocking the people of  Artsakh? We have gathered here and are holding a peaceful rally for  the right to life in our own home. We want to show the world with  this protest action that we exist and we want peace for our children  in own land,” the participants of the rally said.

The participants of the peaceful rally also recalled that the  population of Artsakh has the same rights as the population of other  states, which is stated in the UN Charter. In this vein, an appeal  was made to the international community to take steps to curb the  aggressive actions of Azerbaijan.

At the same time, a similar action was held in Yerevan in front of  the UN office building. The protesters demanded that the UN stop the  policy of double standards and respond to the humanitarian crisis in  Artsakh, caused by the fact that Azerbaijan cut off the gas supply to  Nagorno-Karabakh.  The protesters came with banners “Warm the  children of Artsakh”, “Right to a safe life”, “Aliyev terrorist”,  etc

ArmInfo.The 5 principles presented by Azerbaijan on the peace treaty with Armenia do not contain anything unacceptable for Armenia. Minister of Foreign  Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan stated, answering the questions of  the parliamentarians from the rostrum of the National Assembly.

In this regard, he stressed that these proposals were supplemented by  Armenia, since the provisions of the Azerbaijani side did not affect  all important issues on the bilateral agenda, and were submitted to  the OSCE Minsk Group. According to Ararat Mirzoyan, the OSCE Minsk  Group has already sent an amended version of the proposals to  Azerbaijan. Speaking about the announced conditions of the Armenian  side, Mirzoyan stressed that the guarantee of the rights and status  of Artsakh is fundamental.

At the same time, the minister drew attention to the fact that  military operations in Ukraine complicated the work of the OSCE Minsk  Group. However, he considered it encouraging that the international  community continues to see the solution of the Artsakh issue within  the framework of the mandate of the OSCE Minsk Group.

“We continue to make efforts to organize discussions, including on  the principles proposed by Armenia for signing a peace treaty with  Azerbaijan,” he said.

The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry published proposals of 5 points sent  to Yerevan, which are the principles of a peace treaty with Armenia.  This includes, in particular, the following proposals:

– mutual recognition by states of sovereignty, territorial integrity,  inviolability of state borders and political independence of each  other;

– mutual confirmation by states of the absence of territorial claims  to each other and their acceptance of a legal obligation not to make  such claims in the future;

– refrain from threatening each other’s security in international  relations, using threats and force against political independence and  territorial integrity, as well as other circumstances that do not  correspond to the purposes of the UN Charter;

– delimitation and demarcation of the state border, establishment of  diplomatic relations;

– opening transport links and communications, establishing other  relevant communications and cooperation in other areas of mutual  interest.” The opposition criticized these actions of the Armenian  Foreign Ministry, recalling that the OSCE Minsk Group does not have a  mandate to negotiate the normalization of Armenian-Azerbaijani  bilateral relations.