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Probably not. I would try to solve this problem on the front line and not even target cities, not only because it is a violation of international humanitarian law, but also because those cities, as you claim, have a concentrated cultural heritage of their nation.
The dictatorial Azerbaijani government, which considers Nagorno-Karabakh-Arcach as part of Azerbaijan, began blowing up the most important cities of Nagorno-Karabakh-Arcach with banned cluster bombs in the early days of the war, where, according to the Azerbaijani dictator I. Aliyev, resides “the culture of his people”.
I’m not asking what kind of cultural heritage was the country that first appeared on the map after the first phone saw the light of the world at large. I ask this: what is the cultural heritage of Azerbaijanis in Nagorno-Karabakh-Arcache? Perhaps the Gandzasar Monastery of the Armenian Apostolic Church, built in the 13th century? Perhaps the Dadivanko monastery (9th-13th centuries)? Or perhaps, however, the monastery of Amaras (built in the 4th century, restored in the 19th century)? Or St. The Church of Christ the Savior (1868–1887)? Are the remaining 366 Armenian churches and 119 Armenian fortresses that have been built over the last two millennia while Armenians live in the area? Obviously not.
The current war has shown that the only “legacy” of the Azerbaijanis that can be found in Nagorno-Karabakh is the ruins of the Armenian cultural heritage.
The current war has visually proven that the only “legacy” of the Azerbaijanis that can be found in Nagorno-Karabakh is the ruins of the Armenian cultural heritage.
For anyone familiar with the history of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Azerbaijan’s dictatorial propaganda statements sound like this: In ancient times, Armenians occupied territories belonging to a country (let’s understand Azerbaijan) that will only appear on the map for a couple of years. millennia.
The apparent discrepancy between the actual situation and the Azerbaijani propaganda expressions is causing great confusion, preventing impartial people from understanding what is really happening in the region. Therefore, to dispel this confusion, a fundamental question must be asked: why Azerbaijan, which claims to have the right to consider Nagorno-Karabakh-Arcach as part of its state, de facto don’t you have this right?
„Scanpix“ / ITAR-TASS nuotr./Kalnų Karabachas
Imagine that after the collapse of the USSR and the declaration of independence of Lithuania, Russia would still claim that Lithuania belongs to it, because Lithuania was once included in the USSR. Even if we listen to such speeches, it becomes unpleasant. The same is true in this case. 1921 Stalin handed over Nagorno-Karabakh to Soviet Azerbaijan, which was always, even when it was the territorial property of other state entities, administered by Armenians, and the absolute majority of the population was always composed of ethnic Armenians.
With the collapse of the USSR in 1990. April 3 was passed a law on the procedure for the withdrawal of Soviet member states. Article 3 of this law establishes that any autonomous region belonging to a member state of the USSR has the right to hold an independent referendum on independence. 1991 December 10 A referendum on the declaration of independence was announced in the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Community: 99.98%. voted for the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh-Arcach.
Before that, in 1991. March 17 In the referendum on the preservation of the territorial integrity of the USSR, Azerbaijan did not want to declare its independence: 93 percent. He advocated maintaining the territorial integrity of the USSR. Therefore, Azerbaijan wanted to remain part of the USSR, because only then could it retain the Nagorno-Karabakh-Arcach donated by Stalin. Meanwhile, after the declaration of independence of Nagorno-Karabakh-Arcach, Azerbaijan did not recognize it, so in 1991-1994. The Armenians of Karabakh had to defend their homeland with blood. And the Azerbaijani propaganda still says that the liberation of Arcach from the Soviet Azerbaijani rule is “20 percent. Occupation of the territory of Azerbaijan “.
ZUMAPRESS.com/Kalnų Karabachas
Therefore, it turns out that Azerbaijan withdrew from the USSR already without Nagorno-Karabakh. Nagorno-Karabakh de jure it belonged solely to Soviet Azerbaijan and never became part of independent Azerbaijan. In other words, by claiming that Nagorno-Karabakh belongs to Azerbaijan, you are, in effect, recognizing the territorial integrity of Soviet Azerbaijan, not independent Azerbaijan.
With this in mind, the current war in Nagorno-Karabakh could be described as follows: Azerbaijan, with the help of Turkish and Syrian jihadist terrorists, is attacking an unrecognized democratic republic, Arcach, to “take back” Soviet Azerbaijan. de jure autonomous community, which operates from 180 pr. Kr. Is run by the Armenians. This ambition of the Azerbaijani dictator sounds, to put it mildly, surreal.
However, the truth is that this aspiration of the Azerbaijani leadership is only the tip of the iceberg of the Azerbaijani Armenian phobia: if it occupied Nagorno-Karabakh-Arcach, Azerbaijan would not stop there. For more than a decade, the dictatorial Azerbaijani government has been helping its ally Turkey, the heir to the Ottoman Empire, to continue its activities in 1915-1923 by applying anti-Armenian policies and organizing massive Armenian massacres in Sumgaite. , Baku or Kirovabad. The Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire.
It is no coincidence that Turkey’s President RTErdogan addressed his people saying: “We must complete the work started by our ancestors.” In these words, Erdogan expressed his intention to fully implement the Ottoman Empire’s plan to exterminate the Armenians at all costs. Knowing this makes it clearer why Turkey is so willing and understanding in supporting Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh war. Thus, in fact, it can be said that today Armenians are at war not only for their homeland, but also for survival.
Reuters / Photo by Scanpix / Recep Tayyip Erdogan
However, I would not dare to say that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is painful only for Armenians. Both the Azerbaijanis living under the Aliyev dictatorship and the large ethnic minority communities in Azerbaijan, who quietly oppose the Aliyev regime and somehow avoid the ambitions of the ailing dictator, are suffering. At a time when Armenians are flocking from all corners of the world to help their compatriots, the Armenians of Karabakh, defend their homeland and, if necessary, die in their name, the mothers of young Azerbaijanis mourn by the trucks carrying troops to the front. their children, because they know their children will perish in a shameful fight for a foreign land.
And while Syrian mercenaries fight for foreign lands instead of Azerbaijani troops, the Azerbaijani leadership is ordering the bombing of the cities of Nagorno-Karabakh-Arcach and hopes to convince the world that the goal is to “liberate its occupied territory.” It is hard to believe that a nation, in order to “reclaim” its land, would first rush to destroy all that is valuable on that land. It is not a coincidence that, for Azerbaijanis, Nagorno-Karabakh is only “20 percent. all the Armenians of Karabakh, while Nagorno-Karabakh-Arcach is the birthplace of all the Armenians of Karabakh. No one is attacking your home.
Kristina Albertyan is an Armenian citizen living in Lithuania.
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