News - Uruguay defense minister on Karabakh blockade by Azerbaijan: We cannot look the other way

The Minister of National Defense of Uruguay, Javier Garcia, reflected on the ongoing blockade of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) by Azerbaijan, reported Diario Armenia. "We cannot look the other way when the Armenian people in Artsakh are suffering from the humanitarian crisis and human rights violations after the closure of the Lachin corridor [by Azerbaijan]. If this continent of peace, which unites us and which we embrace, is indeed a continent with leadership, it cannot but condemn the inroads on peace and human rights that are being carried out in Ukraine since the Russian invasion, as well as the human rights violations that have resulted is borne by the Armenian people," Garcia said in Buenos Aires, during the Latin American and Caribbean Conference on UN Peacekeeping Operations, according to the official website of the Ministry of National Defense of Uruguay.