Here's what you need to know about the Armenian genocide, which claimed more than a million lives during World War I and continues to stir enmity in the Middle East today https://t.co/Co5KtcnU4D
President Biden formally declared the massacres of Armenians in the early 20th century to be genocide, likely increasing tensions with Turkey https://t.co/FKFaUYvga4
I’ve covered three Presidents in a row who acquiesced to Turkish government propagandists and refused to call the Armenian genocide what it was: a genocide.
Good to see President Biden take this long overdue step. https://t.co/jOa5sQxM80
@SecPompeo 1. I feel like it was imperative to mention that this country is Armenia. 2. Your silence during the war has not been forgotten. Maybe we can work on making sure Armenia doesn't disappear anytime soon at the hands of others
@amnestyusa What good is it if you're just watching and not taking any action? For the last 45 days #Azerbaijan backed by #Turkey has been committing #warcrimes against Armenians. Have you done ANYTHING? Nope.
The international mandate to address Artsakh status & security issues is held by the multilateral OSCE Minsk Group - which is led by three Co-Chair countries - US, France & Russia.
Call for full US re-engagement in this process:
https://t.co/d0WvKs0017
Azerbaijan took advantage of a global pandemic and a US election to wage war on Artsakh & terrorize the people by attacking civilian areas. It's more important than ever that the US recognize the independent Republic of Artsakh as the only path to lasting peace.
Historic churches that represent our history and culture will likely be destroyed. Yes, we will survive. Yes, we will repair damages. But no, we can never rebuild thousands of years of history.
The world has watched in silence while the Azerbaijani army was bombing residential areas and churches. We cannot wait until Aliyev @azpresident , Azerbaijans lying president, starts to kill and displace Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh.
My @BILD comment
https://t.co/zG6Et9C3UO
It’s easy to just be angry, but when you see the tears of a kid saying “my brothers called and they’re safe.. the war is over!”
You realize that family is the most important thing, and that we aren’t the ones in this war.
Literally and figuratively.
Three dictators divide up land that isn’t theirs after the world, including democracies and int’l orgs watched ethnic cleansing and did nothing. A fragile new democracy achieved with massive efforts is undermined. This is not a win for anyone but those dictators. Congratulations.
The world sat silently as a dictator won this war. The Armenians will need to give up their lands, history, and culture because of this and because of the irresponsible journalism that kept the world uninformed and silent. @latimes you are a part of that.
Armenia and Azerbaijan announced an agreement early Tuesday to halt fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan under a pact signed with Russia that calls for deployment of nearly 2,000 Russian peacekeepers and territorial concessions.
https://t.co/t84g9GEDBF
We lost the war, we lost thousands of young Armenians, #Artsakh is in ruins, we are handing over our lands and history to be destroyed and erased, and there was not 1 repercussion or sanction for the multiple war crimes.