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In 5 minutes, a vitally important panel titled "Crisis in the Caucasus: #NagornoKarabakh under Siege" with Amb John Evans, Prof Stephan Astourian and Dr David Phillips, organized by the Harvard Armenian Law Students Association will start live streaming on http://facebook.com/HarvardALSA
Dr. Astourian: #Azerbaijan adopted a very maximalist approach to the conflict. It is now very difficult to envision the possibility that #Aliyev is going to respect the outcome of a referendum that decides the future of #Artsakh
Prof. Astourian: This is now a proxy war with the participation of #Turkey. We know that the Turks have F-16 fighter jets in #Azerbaijan now. Turkey has brought islamist & other mercenaries ("private contractors") and financing them w/ certain sums of money monthly and insurance
Prof. Asturian: We are witnessing a type of propaganda that raises questions. #Azerbaijan declared capturing towns that in fact was false proved by foreign journalists. Also, #Azerbaijani #Turkish news spread news that #Artsakh president was wounded, which was also false.
Prof. Astourian: #Azerbaijan relinquished a part of its #sovereignty to #Turkey during the recent #AzerbaijaniAggression against #Artsakh. Also, it did not succeed with a major strategic step and paid a heavy toll of dead soldiers, which is still refusing transparently announce.
Prof. Astoruian: If Artsakh is defeated and if #Armenia was not supporting it in its resistance fight then we will see another #ethniccleansing by #Azerbaijan against the Armenian population of #NagornoKarabakh / #Artsakh
Prof. Astoruian: Any limited success on the part of #Artsakh will help them in negotiations with #Aliyev and #Turkey's #Erdogan who is totally out of control and #megalomaniac will know its place.
Prof. Astoruian: #Azerbaijan is beyond being a #totalitarian state. #Aliyev's appetite does not end with #Artsakh, they demand the southern provinces of #Armenia #Zangezur to link with #Turkey, even claims as far as Armenia's capital #Yerevan
Dr. Phillips: We are on the verge of another #ArmenianGenocide. Unless we raise awareness about #Azerbaijan's and Turkey's aggression we are going to witness a humanitarian crisis in #Artsakh of great proportions.
Prof. Phillips: What we are seeing is not an accident, it is premeditated and planned by #Turkey with #Azerbaijan who is deeply involved in it. Turkey is providing its #Bayraktar drones and paid #islamist and #jihadists #mercenaries.
Dr. Phillips: #Turkey has been fomenting this conflict by economically blockading #Armenia for decades up to escalating the recent attack to drive #Armenians away from their homeland.
Prof. Phillips: #Erdogan want to distract his own people from his mismanagement of the country. The Turkish domestic economy has been imploding and is in serious risk. Also, in 2019 his party #AKP lost election in #Istanbul and #Ankara, in addition to jailing #Kurdish politicians
Prof. Phillips: According to Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, almost a month ago Turkey transported to #Artsakh jihadists who have been with #ISIS, #Alqaida, and other #terrorist groups involved in #warcrimes and #crimesagainsthumanity
Prof. Phillips: #Turkey by all estimations had gone rogue. It's given up on #European membership. Turkey is #islamist, #antiAmerican, #antisemitic. If Turkey had applied to #NATO today it wouldn't have been accepted in it.
Prof. Phillips: #Turkey should bear a cost for its #militancy and #aggression. There should be sanctions imposed against them. Also, economic and diplomatic #sanctions against #Azerbaijan should be imposed--especially Section 907 should be reinstated.
