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Reuters: Nagorno-Karabakh residents say ‘disastrous’ blockade choking supplies
TBILISI (Reuters) -Residents of Nagorno-Karabakh say it is getting harder to access food, medicines and other essential supplies as an Azerbaijani blockade of the breakaway region drags into its ninth month.
The U.N. Security Council discussed the blockade on Wednesday, after a former International Criminal Court prosecutor this month said the blockade may amount to a “genocide” of the local Armenian population – an assertion that Azerbaijan’s lawyers said was unsubstantiated and inaccurate.
Karabakh is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan but its population of 120,000 is overwhelmingly ethnic Armenian and the enclave’s one remaining land link to Armenia, the Lachin corridor policed by Russian peacekeepers, was first disrupted in December.
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Update #1: UN Security Council to discuss Nagorno-Karabakh crisis amid genocide warnings — Politico
Update #2: UN Security Council Holds Emergency Meeting On Nagorno-Karabakh — RFE
WNU Editor: The people in this enclave are overwhelmingly Armenian. It is clear that Azerbaijan wants them out.