STEPANAKERT. - The letter of the Artsakh [Nagorno-Karabakh] FM Karen Mirzoyan was circulated as a document of the General Assembly and Security Council in the United Nations Organization.

According to the Artsakh MFA, Azerbaijan has started a fraudulent campaign aimed at misleading the international community and justifying its policy of using force or threat of force against the people of Nagorno Karabakh.

“The rehabilitation of the Stepanakert airport is the sovereign right of Artsakh and pursues solely civilian and humanitarian objectives, including realization of such a basic human right as freedom of movement. Freedom of movement of the civilian population of Artskah alongside with other human rights outlined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other core international instruments have already been continuously and vehemently undermined by the ongoing Azerbaijani blockade,” the FM’s letter reads.

Mirzoyan called upon the UN Secretary General, the UN and its specialized agencies, as well as all peaceful Member States of the United Nations to assist the process of rehabilitation of the Stepanakert airport in order to ensure that the citizens of Artsakh are able to exercise their basic human rights and fundamental freedoms.

The full text of the letter is available here.