Commentary: The West cannot turn a blind eye as Azerbaijan sets up Armenians for slaughter
by Karnig Kerkonian, Chicago Tribune
Dec 30, 2022
3 minutes
While we’re focused on Ukraine, a brutal dictatorship in the South Caucasus is testing the world’s resolve: Since Dec. 12, Azerbaijani operatives have blocked the only road, known as the Lachin Corridor, connecting the Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous enclave to the outside world. It is a test. Failing it will invite a slaughter that will shame humanity.
At the moment, 120,000 besieged Armenians in the enclave, also known as Artsakh, have been cut off from food and medicine.
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