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Massive "caravan for peace" of the Armenian community in Buenos Aires to demand a cease-fire in Nagorno Karabakh

2020-10-09T00:00:02.814Z


The long line of cars went from the Chacarita cemetery to the Buenos Aires Obelisk.10/08/2020 8:37 PM Clarín.com Cities Updated 10/08/2020 8:52 PM The Armenian community in Buenos Aires led a massive caravan of cars on Thursday that reached the Obelisk of Buenos Aires to demand a ceasefire in the territory of Nagorno Karabakh , where there has been a conflict with Azerbaijan for days. The long line of cars crossed the entire City , from the front of the Chacarita Cemetery to t


10/08/2020 8:37 PM

  • Clarín.com

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Updated 10/08/2020 8:52 PM

The Armenian community in Buenos Aires led a massive caravan of cars on Thursday that reached the Obelisk of Buenos Aires to demand a ceasefire in the territory of

Nagorno Karabakh

, where there has been a conflict with Azerbaijan for days.

The

long line of cars crossed the entire City

, from the front of the Chacarita Cemetery to the Obelisk, with flags and posters calling for peace in Armenia and Artsaj.

The caravan began after 5:00 p.m. on Jorge Newbery avenue at 4500 and arrived at the Obelisco around 7:00 p.m.

The Armenian community made a "Caravan for Peace" to the Obelisk.

The organizers indicated on social media that what is happening in Armenia "is not clashes, it is a war started by Azerbaijan and Turkey" and warned that "Artsakh is not a disputed territory, it is Armenian ancestral lands."

In this regard, they pointed out that "Azerbaijan started the attacks and Armenia defends itself" and added that it "targets peaceful populations", for which there are "

numerous victims

.

"

The Armenian community of Buenos Aires made a "Caravan for Peace" to the Obelisk

The tension in Nagorno Karabakh has persisted since a spiral of war began on September 27, which has claimed the lives of dozens of Armenian and Azerbaijani military personnel in fighting in this region,

whose sovereignty the two countries have disputed

for decades.

The former Soviet autonomous province first tried to gain independence from Azerbaijan in 1988, sparking severe ethnic clashes in the region.

More than a million civilians fled their homes and thousands of people died in the conflict until a ceasefire was reached in 1994, with Armenian and Nagorno Karabakh forces maintaining dominance over most of the province and several districts. neighboring Azerbaijan.

By history, culture and religion, the population of Karabakh was always distinctly Armenian.

Turkmen-populated Azerbaijan claimed it as their own with the support of Turkey. Lenin, desperately in need of Azerbaijan's oil and trying to lure Turkey into joining the bloc, handed it over to the Azeris in 1923.

As long as Moscow's power lasted, the status quo endured.

There were no discussions, no dissent.

With the fall of the USSR in 1991, the inhabitants of Karabakh declared their independence and became a Republic.

A republic that does not appear on the world map because it is not internationally recognized.

Together with South Ossetia, Abkhazia and Transnistria, it forms a unique group of pariah nations that left the unfinished dream of Soviet communism, and is known as the “

Community of unrecognized States”.

Karabakh has well-defined borders, its own flag, armed forces and a democratically elected government.

It could be an independent country, but no member of the United Nations recognizes it as such.

AFG

Source: clarin

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