Artsakh State Minister: We had hopes that the international community, the Russian Federation and Armenia would take steps, but it turned out that they are mere observers

Azerbaijan and the rest of the world want to turn Artsakh
into an altar on which the lives of our compatriots and children are laid.
Artsakh State Minister Gurgen Nersisyan said this during the rally in Artsakh. 

“It has been about a month that Artsakh survives on its
domestic resources. During this time, we have been trying our best to make the
impact of these devastating consequences of the blockade on the people of
Artsakh as small as possible. We had hopes that the international community,
the Russian Federation and the Republic of Armenia would take steps to stop
this course leading to annihilation, but it turned out that they are mere
observers watching us from afar,” the State Minister said. 

As he stated, after Dec. 12, 2022, the people of Artsakh
were faced with malnourishment. While the children, elderly, people with
critical health issues were forced to go through severe difficulties, since
June 15, 2023, the people of Artsakh at large are facing an existential threat. 

The situation today is critical. And tomorrow promises to be
far more devastating and full of hardships. Many health issues have already
emerged today. In a number of regions, drinking water supplies are being cut
off. 

“Residents of rural areas, being far from the capital, have
become captives. For many of them, phone calls are the only channel of
communication with district centers and the capital. Residents of the villages
of Shushi region are held hostage. Intercommunity public transport services
first started to operate partially and now are being suspended. Children are
hardly fed in kindergartens, hospital patients are given meager amounts of
food. In a few days, ambulance services will be suspended. People will face
problems regarding first-aid kit supplies and medical care. And now I would
like to address a question to the international community, the Republic of
Armenia and the Russian Federation. What else do you need? What are you waiting
for? Are you going to respond to all of this after this square is filled with
corpses every day? Do you want to see new cases of children’s death, like the
one recorded days ago? I’m saying this on behalf of everyone. We have had
enough of this!” Nersisyan said.