In a few days, it will be 100 days of Azerbaijan's blockade of the 120,000 population of Artsakh. Disregarding the decision of the international court of The Hague regarding the de-blockage of Artsakh, the leadership of Azerbaijan continues the political course of de-Armenianizing Artsakh with the threat and use of force. The factions of the National Assembly (NA) of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) have noted about this in a statement. The latter continues as follows:

"In its intention to annex the Republic of Artsakh, Azerbaijan does not shy away from anti-human measures and terrorist actions. Natural gas and electricity supply disruptions, intimidation of the civilian population and restrictions on free movement, and recently, on March 5, the fact of the shooting to death of [Artsakh] policemen in the line of duty, comes to prove that talks about direct dialogue [with Azerbaijan] are unacceptable under such conditions.

“At the same time, we are convinced that the Karabakh conflict, as an issue of the international agenda, should be resolved through negotiations with the mediation and guarantees of relevant international structures, in particular, with the engagement of the [OSCE] Minsk Group co-chair countries endowed with such authority.

“The military and political leadership of Azerbaijan disinforms its own public and international institutions with various propaganda tricks, with the aim of creating an illusion of an ‘era of peace’ in the conditions of humanitarian pressures and intimidation against the people of Artsakh.

“The factions of the National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh, expressing the will and position of the people, demand the authorities of the Republic of Armenia [(RA)] to adhere to the decision of the RA Supreme Council on July 8, 1992, and not to question the right to self-determination of the people of Artsakh.

“All factions of the Artsakh parliament reaffirm their loyalty to the fundamental documents expressing the will of our people and will continue to be guided by the ideas and principles arising from them."