Armenia called on the UN Security Council to hold an emergency meeting on the worsening humanitarian situation in Azerbaijan’s Nagorno-Karabakh region, which is mostly populated by Armenians.
In his letter to the president of the UN Security Council, sent Friday and released by Armenia’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday, Armenian UN ambassador Mher Margaryan said the people of Nagorno-Karabakh were “on the verge of a full-fledged humanitarian catastrophe.”
Since December, Azerbaijan has blockaded the only road leading from Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh, severely restricting the delivery of food, medical supplies, and other essentials to the region of about 120,000 people.
“The Armenian government asks for the intervention of the UN Security Council, as the main body responsible for maintaining international peace and security, to prevent mass atrocities, including war crimes, ethnic cleansing, crimes against humanity, and genocide,” Margaryan wrote.
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