巴基斯坦:外交部發言人蒙塔茲·扎赫拉· 俾路支重申巴基斯坦「堅定不移地」支持阿塞拜疆的主權和領土完整。她表示,巴基斯坦認為卡拉巴赫是阿塞拜疆共和國的主權領土,這一立場符合聯合國安全理事會和伊斯蘭會議組織的多項決議以及國際法。她還對地雷爆炸的遇難者表示哀悼,並希望卡拉巴赫地區實現持久和平[186]。外交部長賈利勒·阿巴斯·吉拉尼(英語:Jalil Abbas Jilani)會見了阿塞拜疆外交部長傑伊洪·巴伊拉莫夫(英語:Jeyhun Bayramov),並表示支持阿塞拜疆的領土完整以及在其主權領土上採取的合法措施[187][188]。
Armenian separatists in Karabakh surrender and agree to ceasefire with Azerbaijan. Reuters. 2023-09-20 [2023-09-20]. (原始內容存檔於2023-09-20). Under the agreement, confirmed by both sides and effective from 1 pm (0900 GMT) on Wednesday, separatist forces will disband and disarm and talks on the future of the region and the ethnic Armenians who live there will start on Thursday.
Armenia, Azerbaijan: Baku Launches Military Operation In Nagorno-Karabakh. Stratfor(英語:Stratfor). 2023-09-19 [2023-09-22]. (原始內容存檔於2023-09-19). ...the Russian peacekeeping contingent is incapable of preventing Azerbaijan's seizure of the region, despite this being a clear violation of the November 2020 ceasefire brokered by Russia that ended the last war.
Joint statement on Azerbaijan's attack on Nagorno-Karabakh | Communiqués | Documents | DSCA | Delegations | European Parliament. www.europarl.europa.eu. [2023-09-21]. (原始內容存檔於2023-09-22) (英語). We condemn in the strongest terms today's pre-planned and unjustified attack of Azerbaijan against Nagorno-Karabakh...We recall that the attack takes place in the context of a major humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh, following Azerbaijan's blockade of the Lachin Corridor for the past nine months, in violation of Baku's commitments under the ceasefire statement of 9 November 2020 and of the legally binding orders of the International Court of Justice. Humanitarian access to Nagorno-Karabakh needs to be fully and permanently restored.
Ilyushina, Mary. Fighting flares between Azerbaijan and Armenia in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Washington Post. 2023-09-19 [2023-09-19]. (原始內容存檔於2023-09-19). Azerbaijan and Armenia have repeatedly clashed over Nagorno-Karabakh, which is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan but largely populated by ethnic Armenians and largely governed by the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh.
Vock, Ido. Fear and loathing in Armenia. New Statesman. 2023-06-08 [2023-06-09]. (原始內容存檔於2023-06-08) (美國英語). President Aliyev told Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians to 'obey the laws of Azerbaijan [and] be a loyal and normal citizen of Azerbaijan'. He threatened that if the territory’s separatist institutions were not dissolved, Azerbaijan would dissolve them by force and rejected the prospect of international protections for ethnic Armenians.
Kennan Cable No. 81: What's at Stake in Nagorno-Karabakh: U.S. Interests and the Risk of Ethnic Cleansing. wilsoncenter.org. [2023-04-04]. (原始內容存檔於2023-04-04) (英語). For nearly 30 years, they built a self-proclaimed independent republic with democratic elections, a free press, and a range of public institutions. Officially, it remained within the territorial boundaries of Azerbaijan, unrecognized by any foreign country, though international mediators made reference to the right of self-determination for local Armenians as part of ongoing peace talks.
Hauer, Neil. Karabakh blockade reaches critical point as food supplies run low. www.intellinews.com. 2023-07-31 [2023-08-01]. (原始內容存檔於2023-08-14) (英語). With Azerbaijan now starving the 120,000 people it claims are its citizens, many observers now agree that the idea that Karabakh Armenians can live safely in Ilham Aliyev’s Azerbaijan is hardly credible.
Treading a Tightrope on the Armenian Border: Reviewing the First Two Months of the EU's New Mission in the South Caucasus. Caucasus Watch. 2023-04-25 [2023-06-12]. (原始內容存檔於2023-08-05) (英語). The following week saw a reconfiguration of road links and military positions in the Lachin Corridor, with Azerbaijani forces constructing a new military post, taking control of strategic heights, ignoring Russian calls to return to their original locations, and seizing land in Armenia around the new road leading from the villages of Tegh and Kornidzor towards Karabakh.
Ensuring free and safe access through the Lachin Corridor. Council of Europe – Parliamentary Assembly: Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons. 2023-06-20 [2023-09-19]. PDF. (原始內容存檔於2023-07-19). [the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe]...is extremely worried by events...which culminated on 12 December 2022 with the interruption of the free and safe passage through the Lachin corridor and the subsequent deliberate cutting of electricity and gas supplies to the region... [The Assembly]...urges Azerbaijan to restore electricity and gas supplies without delay or impediment.
Marques, Pedro; Kaljurand, Marina; Santos, Isabel; Hajšel, Robert; Incir, Evin; Loiseau, Nathalie; Auštrevičius, Petras; Bilbao Barandica, Izaskun; Charanzová, Dita; Chastel, Olivier; Cseh, Katalin; Gheorghe, Vlad; Grošelj, Klemen; Guetta, Bernard; Hahn, Svenja; Karlsbro, Karin; Melchior, Karen; Nart, Javier; Paet, Urmas; Ries, Frédérique; Šimečka, Michal; Ştefănuță, Nicolae; Strugariu, Ramona; Vautmans, Hilde; von Cramon‑Taubadel, Viola; Weimers, Charlie; Fragkos, Emmanouil; Kruk, Elżbieta; Dzhambazki, Angel; Zalewska, Anna; Brudziński, Joachim Stanisław; Kanko, Assita; Jurzyca, Eugen; Bielan, Adam; Fidanza, Carlo; Ruissen, Bert‑Jan; Kouloglou, Stelios; Castaldo, Fabio Massimo. JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the humanitarian consequences of the blockade in Nagorno-Karabakh | RC-B9-0075/2023 | European Parliament. www.europarl.europa.eu. [2023-06-22]. (原始內容存檔於2023-01-21) (英語). whereas this humanitarian crisis was further aggravated by Azerbaijan’s disruption of the natural gas supply to Nagorno-Karabakh, which left houses, hospitals and schools without heating...[the European Parliament]...urges Azerbaijan to refrain from undermining the functioning of transport, energy and communication connections between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh in future.
Hauer, Neil. Karabakh blockade reaches critical point as food supplies run low. www.intellinews.com. 2023-07-31 [2023-08-01]. (原始內容存檔於2023-08-14) (英語). Occasional ICRC and Russian traffic continued to pass until June 15, at which point Azerbaijan halted all humanitarian deliveries. No food, medicine or fuel has entered Nagorno-Karabakh since.[直到6月15日,紅十字國際委員會和俄羅斯的運輸仍偶爾通行,此時阿塞拜疆停止了所有人道主義物資的運送。此後,沒有任何食品、藥品或燃料進入納戈爾諾-卡拉巴赫。]
POSTON, ALEXIS. State Fragility and the Shadow of Genocide in Nagorno Karabakh and Armenia (the South Caucasus) | The Fund for Peace. fundforpeace.org. 2023-06-07 [2023-06-08]. (原始內容存檔於2023-07-20). Armenian civilians of Nagorno Karabakh and surrounding regions along the Armenian-Azerbaijani border are threatened by Azerbaijan’s military and face violence if they try to leave Armenian territory within disputed areas. [納戈爾諾-卡拉巴赫和亞美尼亞-阿塞拜疆邊境周邊地區的亞美尼亞平民受到阿塞拜疆軍隊的威脅,如果他們試圖離開爭議地區內的亞美尼亞領土,就會面臨暴力。]
Ivanova, Polina. 'People feel let down by Russia': disputed Caucasus enclave choked by blockade. Financial Times. 2023-08-15 [2023-08-16]. (原始內容存檔於2023-08-16). Others see the escalating humanitarian situation as a way to trigger an exodus. It is "indirect ethnic cleansing", said Giragosian, of the Regional Studies Center. "Not by bayonet, but rather by creating unbearable conditions." Suleymanov, the Azerbaijani ambassador, said Baku instead wanted to achieve full integration of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh. "They are our citizens", he said, adding that he believed they would be passport-holders soon.
Azerbaijan Blockades Nagorno-Karabakh Region, Angering Armenia & Raising Specter of a New War. Democracy Now!. [2023-08-11]. (原始內容存檔於2023-06-06) (英語). ... Russia is not opposed to allowing Azerbaijan use a hybrid warfare strategy such as this one, which is blockading the only corridor that’s a lifeline to, quite basically, eventually pressure Armenia into an actual peace deal, into concessions ...
Green, Anna. Weaponizing Blockade With the Intent to Ethnically Cleanse. EVN Report. 2022-12-20 [2023-08-11]. (原始內容存檔於2023-08-25) (美國英語). By utilizing pseudo eco-protesters instead of military movements by Azerbaijani forces, as was the previous strategy, and causing a humanitarian crisis accompanied with false narratives and disinformation, Azerbaijan is employing hybrid warfare tactics against the Armenians. This operation is pursuing short-, mid- and long-term objectives.
Ochab, Dr Ewelina U. Lachin Corridor Blockade Starves Nagorno-Karabakh. Forbes. [2023-08-09]. (原始內容存檔於2023-08-10) (英語). Luis Moreno Ocampo, the founding Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, argues that "there is a reasonable basis to believe that a genocide is being committed against Armenians living in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2023," adding that it "should be considered a genocide under Article II (c) of the [UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide] (Genocide Convention): 'Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction.'" Ocampo further added that 「There are no crematories, and there are no machete attacks. Starvation is the invisible genocide weapon. Without immediate dramatic change, this group of Armenians will be destroyed in a few weeks.」
Azerbaijan launches attack in Nagorno-Karabakh, announces 'evacuation' of Armenian population. POLITICO. 2023-09-19 [2023-09-19]. (原始內容存檔於2023-09-19) (英語). Siranush Sargsyan, a local Karabakh Armenian journalist, told POLITICO that neither she nor any of her family had received SMS messages warning of the attack and said it was impossible to trust Azerbaijan’s 「humanitarian corridor」 offer to leave. 「How can I trust them? They will kill me, definitely,」 she added.
Azerbaijan's attack on Nagorno-Karabakh raises the risk of genocide against ethnic Armenians in the region. International Federation for Human Rights. [2023-09-22]. (原始內容存檔於2023-09-23). 'We have to prevent a mass expulsion of ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh,' remarks Oleksandra Matviichuk, FIDH’s Vice-President, 'and we fear that the worst is yet to come for civilians who are left at the mercy of the advancing hostile forces unless the international community intervenes.' The international community must intervene to prevent genocide.
Top International Lawyer Calls Azerbaijani Blockade Of Nagorno-Karabakh Genocide. Radio Free Europe. 2023-08-09 [2023-09-22]. (原始內容存檔於2023-08-11) (亞美尼亞語). '...there is reasonable basis to believe that President Aliyev has Genocidal intentions: he has knowingly, willingly and voluntarily blockaded the Lachin Corridor even after having been placed on notice regarding the consequences of his actions by the ICJ’s provisional orders,' the founding prosecutor of the International Criminal Court wrote in his conclusion.
Risk Factors and Indicators of the Crime of Genocide in the Republic of Artsakh: Applying the UN Framework of Analysis for Atrocity Crimes to the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict(PDF). The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention. [2023-09-19]. (原始內容存檔(PDF)於2023-09-20). President Aliyev’s intention to commit genocide against the Armenian of Nagorno-Karabakh 「should be deduced from his informed, voluntary and antagonistic decisions with full disregard of the International Court of Justice orders....President Aliyev's public statements, coupled with his government's openly Armenophobic practices, clearly display the Azerbaijani regime’s goal to completely eliminate the ethnic Armenian community residing in Artsakh, striving to eradicate any Armenian presence from the region. These verbalized aspirations, frequently translated into legal measures and manifested through the cited criminal acts detailed in this report, meet the criteria for the essential intent necessary for classifying these actions as genocidal.
Live updates | Stepanakert under fire as Azerbaijan launches assault on Nagorno-Karabakh. OC Media. 2023-09-19 [2023-09-19]. (原始內容存檔於2023-09-19) (美國英語). Political analyst and peace activist Bahruz Samadov said the goal was the ethnic cleansing of the region’s Armenian population. 『The ultimate goal is to de-Armenianize Nagorno-Karabakh. The constant ontological insecurity that Azerbaijan preserves in [Nagorno-Karabakh] is the policy that has a destination — to destroy Nagorno-Karabakh’s agency. The same policy of blockage and bombardment already took place in the 1990s.』