Displaced Karabakh residents demand action from OSCE Minsk GroupAugust 8, 2022 - 13:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A group of people displaced during the Second Karabakh War staged a protest in front of the U.S. Embassy in Armenia on Monday, August 8, demanding the U.S. government to arrange their return to their homeland, Sputnik Armenia reports. "We have a single demand: to return to our homeland. In addition, countries should make a demand to the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, not only to let us return to our homes, but also to restore whatever has been damaged. We see on the Internet how Azerbaijanis are destroying our houses. The authorities of Armenia and Artsakh have no past, so we have no demands from this government," said a woman participating in the demonstration. "We are in front of the American Embassy as a co-chair country of the OSCE Minsk Group," said another protester. "We demand that the Minsk Group countries fulfill their responsibilities, because now the situation in Artsakh is tense, those who earlier handed over Shushi and Hadrut now want to surrender Aghavno." The demonstrators transferred a letter to the security officer to deliver it to the U.S. ambassador to Armenia, Lynn M. Tracy. Today they will raise the same issue in front of the UN office in the country. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |