Lebanese Armenians are protesting against Azerbaijan today.

Those in attendance say that they have come to support Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) and call on everyone to stand up.

Also, the demonstrators are waving the national flags of Armenia and Artsakh, and holding numerous banners.

Artsakh has been under a blockade for 45 days now. Since December 12 of last year, Azerbaijan continues to close—under the name of "environmentalists"—the "road of life" connecting Artsakh to Armenia and the rest of the world, thereby stopping traffic and cutting off the only connection of Artsakh citizens with the outside world.

As a result 120,000 people in Artsakh—30,000 of whom are children—welcomed the New Year under a blockade, waiting for the reopening of the aforesaid road. Due to the Azerbaijanis’ closure of this corridor connecting Artsakh to Armenia, 1,100 Artsakh residents—of which 270 are children—cannot return home.