The Buenos Aires legislature expressed its rejection of the military attack against Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh

In this context, thousands of Armenians fled from it Nagorno Karabakh Due to successive attacks in the region Maintained by the Republic of Azerbaijanthe Legislature On Thursday, the Buenos Aires City Council approved a document in which it clarified His rejection of military attack that have been implemented in the region.

Representatives adopted this declaration this afternoon, when they received it 59 votes in favor and one abstention. This is a project presented by its authors, Ignacio Meoyan and Bautista Meoyan, in place in order to repudiate the actions that… The Armenian population attacked He settled in the area.

This was also expressed in writing approved by a majority of legislators Great concern about forced displacement and inhumane conditions Towards the city. As well as due to actions violating the “ceasefire” agreement, the blockade of the Lachin Corridor and the closure of the border. Resumption of hostilities In the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh by Azerbaijani forces.

It also calls for ensuring the protection of civilians – most of whom fled to Armenia in search of refuge – and for Respect international humanitarian law.

From the Embassy of Armenia in Argentina they echoed the resolution adopted in the legislature in Buenos Aires and shared through their social networks a message on this topic. “We thank the authors of the project, Ignacio Moyán and Bautista Moyán, and all the legislators who supported this project, demonstrating a firm commitment to defending human rights,” they wrote from the diplomatic headquarters.

Approval of the advertisement comes in the context of more than… 100,000 Armenian refugees They left lands Nagorno Karabakh After its military forces began, at the end of last September, carrying out violent attacks in the region.

Nagorno-Karabakh is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijanbut is mainly inhabited by Armenian Christians who established the self-proclaimed region Republic of Artsakh Three decades ago, after a bloody ethnic conflict when the Soviet Union collapsed.

According to official figures, some 120,000 Armenians They lived in this mountainous region before the lightning attack by which Azerbaijani forces regained effective control of the region in September.

The majority of refugees have family or friends to settle temporarily in Armenia, while, according to the latest data, around 32,200 people have accepted residency offered by the authorities.

In this sense, the Prime Minister of Armenia, Pashinyan, has repeatedly condemned Azerbaijan’s implementation of the operation. “Ethnic cleansing” He warned that this would happen within a few weeks “There will be no Armenians left in Nagorno-Karabakh”.

For their part, Azerbaijan categorically rejected these accusations and stressed that Karabakh’s departure from Nagorno-Karabakh “It is a personal and individual decision and has nothing to do with forced deportation.”.

On Thursday, representatives of the two countries signed a joint declaration committing to take steps to normalize relations between them, as well as to reach a peace agreement to end the conflict at the center of which was the Nagorno-Karabakh region. It has recently been incorporated into Azerbaijan. province.

Under the signed declaration, which will allow the adoption of “concrete measures aimed at strengthening confidence between the two countries,” Baku released 32 Armenian soldiers, and in return, Yerevan released two Azerbaijani soldiers.

They reported through official communications that “the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan will continue their talks to implement further confidence-building measures, which will be effective in the near future, and they ask the international community to support their efforts.”