COPENHAGEN ¨C All eyes are rightly fixated on Russia¡¯s war in Ukraine. But that is no excuse for ignoring another crisis that is brewing on Europe¡¯s doorstep. Tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan are rising again and raising the prospect of another war.
Last week, I visited the Lachin corridor, the only road linking the ethnic Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia and the outside world. Since December, access to the corridor has been blocked by Azerbaijanis under the . This is clearly happening with the backing of the regime in Baku.
With the ¡°protesters¡± blocking all civilian or commercial traffic into Nagorno-Karabakh, Amnesty International that some 120,000 ethnic Armenian residents are being deprived of essential goods and services, including life-saving medicines and health care.
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