By Susanna Petrosyan : President – AYDC On April 7 2013, Motherhood and Beauty Day, AYDC (Artsakh Youth Development Center) members visited Mothers of Missing Soldiers in Stepanakert. After a short round table discussion with Mothers, AYDC members presented them… Read More ›
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Official response from UK Foreign Office to Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Despite being given an assurance that I would be granted an interview with a Foreign Office official to discuss the UK position on Nagorno-Karabakh, this was subsequently revoked, and I was offered this statement. I shall continue to pursue them,… Read More ›
Artsakh : Recognition through Common Consent
At a meeting with Franco-Armenian investors in Paris, Arayik Harutyunyan, the Prime Minister of Artsakh was reported to have said: “If we manage to end the year peacefully then that will be constructive, but in terms of concrete accords to… Read More ›
Demonstration to mark 25th Anniversary of Sumgait killings of Armenians by Azerbaijanis
Between February 27th and 29th 1988, the 18,000 Armenians living in Sumgait, near Baku, in Azerbaijan were subjected to violence and killings in response to the vote by the population of Nagorno-Karabakh to join with Armenia. A group of Armenians… Read More ›
Helping to Protect a Family of 4 Children in Vanadzor (Armenia)
Several hours drive north of Yerevan is the city of Vanadzor. It is the third largest city in Armenia. Lusine Grigoryan and Artur Setrakyan, live with their 4 children Frunzik (9 years), Mariam (7 years), Marine (4 years) and Marieta… Read More ›
Khojaly Issue : Letter to Chris Heaton-Harris ( UK MP for Daventry)
Chris Heaton-Harris is a Conservative Member of the UK Parliament and a member of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Azerbaijan. In February 2012 he was quoted as saying to the European Azerbaijan Society “I have visited Azerbaijan twice, and… Read More ›
Northern Cyprus and Turkic Hypocrisy over Artsakh
In my previous article “Azerbaijan’s insidious siege of Artsakh” I referred to the justifications made by Adil Baguirov, co-founder and member of the Board of Directors of the U.S. Azeris Network, for the shooting down of civilian aircraft in Artsakh…. Read More ›
Azerbaijan’s insidious siege of Artsakh
During my last visit to Artsakh in early January it started to snow heavily in the last few days before I had to return to Yerevan. The main road from Stepanakert was sufficiently covered in snow to prevent the throughput… Read More ›
Azerbaijan Armenia: Karabakh’s smouldering conflict (Complaint to BBC)
Below is a transcript of an article published by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on their website on 16 December 2012 under the title of “Azerbaijan Armenia: Karabakh’s smouldering conflict” I was particularly concerned that this report presented a biased… Read More ›
Artsakh Village War Heroes and Broken Hearts
Khndzristan is an unassuming village in the Askeran region of Artsakh populated by several hundred people living off the land, growing most of their food, and keeping animals. It is a life which is very close to nature, is short… Read More ›