National Catholic Register, Solène Tadié:
The people of Armenia, the world’s oldest Christian kingdom, are fighting once again for their survival. Nearly three years after the end of the latest war with its neighbor and historic enemy Azerbaijan, following which it was forced to cede the long-disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, the situation of the 120,000 or so people left in that region is now critical.
Since December 2022, the “Lachin” corridor, the only road geographically linking the ethnic enclave to Armenia, has been the object of a series of blockades provoked by the Azeri government, plunging it into a serious humanitarian crisis that has so far elicited little reaction from an international community whose eyes are riveted instead on the ongoing war in Ukraine. Report is here.
Readers may also be interested in this prayer vigil for Armenian Christians tomorrow, August 25th at 7pm.
