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Olivier Faure: "What I saw in the Republic of Artsakh, devastated by war, and in Armenia"

2020-12-13T20:02:32.359Z


TRIBUNE - The first secretary of the PS visited Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh for the Armenians), ravaged by the war started by Baku, as well as in Armenia. He reports on what he saw and expresses his very deep concern for the safety of the Armenians.


Olivier Faure chaired a delegation from his party.

He is deputy for Seine-et-Marne.

It would be difficult to say what wins out from the anger or grief.

In every village in the Republic of Artsakh there are these ageless women and men, the pain hollowed out their faces like the arid mountains of Armenia.

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On the snow-covered roads convoys of Armenian soldiers, barely out of adolescence, follow one another, their backs arched by defeat, their eyes veiled by doubt.

They leave Nagorno-Karabakh and return to their families.

The war is over.

The Republic of Artsakh has lost three quarters of the territories it had controlled for thirty years.

Their buses cross against the direction of the Russian armored columns which now guarantee the cease-fire signed between Armenians and Azerbaijanis on November 10.

The Armenian survivors tell of a rain of drones, adjusted shots targeting the trucks called, killed before having fought any fight.

They rehash their nightmares of decapitated bodies ”

In the Yerevan cemetery, freshly dug graves line up as far as the eye can see.

Night has fallen.

A heady smell of incense hangs in the air.

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Source: lefigaro

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