A United Nations delegation has arrived in Nagorno-Karabakh, internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan, after a takeover by the country's military of the territory. More than 100,000 ethnic Armenians have fled the region since the takeover, after fears that ethnic cleansing would take place,…
A United Nations delegation has arrived in Nagorno-Karabakh, internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan, after a takeover by the country's military of the territory. More than 100,000 ethnic Armenians have fled the region since the takeover, after fears that ethnic cleansing would take place, which Azerbaijan has denied. Hundreds of Armenian-Australians have taken to the nation's capital, calling on the Federal Government to provide humanitarian assistance.
Warnings by ethnic Armenian leaders that ethnic cleansing will take place, denied by Azerbaijan, have lead to a mass exodus. Protester Olivia Dilanchian says that Armenian-Australians are "heartbroken" to see ethnic Armenians leave a region with which they a share a long historical connection. This woman says that her family faced a perilous journey with into Armenia along the Lachin corridor, the only road that connects Nagorno-Karabakh to the country.
Protection officer for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Angela Moore, says that aid organisations on the ground doing what they can. With a humanitarian crisis unfolding in their homeland, Armenian-Australians have come to the capital for their message to be heard.
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