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Rights defenders argue about aim of bringing Azeri fire-fighters into villages near Lachin Corridor

The Caucasian Knot
Aug 23 2022
As stated by Rasul Djafarov, a Baku-based human rights defender, the area of the Lachin Corridor was occupied not by militaries, but civil defence members, who perform protection functions. In his turn, Arthur Sakunts, an Armenian human rights defender, is sure that the deployment of Azerbaijani fire-fighters in Berdzor is an instrument of pressure.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on August 20, all the residents left the community of Nerkin Sus, while a few families still stay in the town of Berdzor (the Azerbaijani name is Lachin) and the village Akhavno (Zabukh). These territories will be handed over to Azerbaijan on August 25. Local residents have complained that they were given very little time to find new housing and evacuate.

The entry of Azerbaijani fire-fighters into the part of the Lachin District, which is still under responsibility of Russian peacemakers, is quite legitimate, Rasul Djafarov, the head of the Baku Human Rights Club (BHRC), asserts. According to his story, the deployment of fire-fighters in the territory could not cause any new confrontation.

"Fire-fighters are not army units, but civil defence forces; they don't perform any punitive functions," Mr Djafarov has noted.

In his turn, Arthur Sakunts, the head of the Vanadzor office of the Helsinki Civil Assembly, has noted that Baku and Russian peacemakers are no security guarantee of the Armenian population. Moreover, the tripartite agreement doesn't demand people to leave their own houses, Mr Sakunts has added.

The public part of the agreements fails to fix specific deadlines, in particular, the eviction of Armenians from Lachin, Mikhail Alexandrov, a political analyst, has remarked.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on August 22, 2022 at 10:32 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

See earlier reports:
Armenian activists demand not to transfer villages in Lachin Corridor to Azerbaijan, After Armenians set their houses on fire, Azeri fire-fighters arrived in Lachin, Karabakh: all Akhavno villagers decide to leave their houses.

Author: Faik Medjid, Tigran Petrosyan, Nakhim Shelomanov Source: СK correspondents
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