On BBC World News, frontman of the System Of A Down Serj Tankian and former Adviser to the State Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh, Former Human Rights Defender of Nagorno-Karabakh, Artak Beglaryan talk about the devastating Azerbaijani blockade of Nagonro-Karabakh, the need for the Intenational community to act by sanctioning Azerbaijan and help bring in UN peacekeepers to avoid another Armenian Genocide.
Tankian and Beglaryan spoke about the blockade of Lachin Corridor and the humanitarian crisis resulting from the illegal actions of the government of Azerbaijan.
Tankian warned that the government of Azerbaijan is bribing European legislators to achieve its goal, referring to the infamous Caviar Diplomacy, and that Baku is taking advantage of its oil supplies.
Beglaryan said that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has a geopolitical subtext and that ever since the conflict between Russia and the West worsened the Nagorno-Karabakhis became the collateral victims of that conflict.
Tankian said that the UK has economic interests in Azerbaijan, particularly the British Petroleum, and that’s why the UK is not calling out Azerbaijan. He called on the British government to use its influence on Azerbaijan and prevent the genocide and starvation in Nagorno-Karabakh.
The musician also recalled that a humanitarian aid convoy consisting of 10 trucks accompanied by Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo approached the Lachin corridor in the Kornidzor border section and was not allowed to enter Nagorno-Karabakh.
