Artsakh: Numerous companies strive to avoid final closure amid blockade

Panorama

Armenia – June 13 2023

Azerbaijan's 6+ month blockade of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) has paralyzed the country’s economy.

11,000 jobs have been cut in Artsakh under the blockade, but it doesn't provide the full picture.

According to the Artsakh Public TV, numerous businesses are making last-ditch efforts to avoid the final shutdown which would further increase the number of those who have lost their jobs and income.

Azerbaijan has blocked the Lachin Corridor, the sole road in or out of Artsakh, since 12 December 2022.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS