#OTD
we commemorate one of the most tragic&shameful pages of the history of mankind of the 20th century,one of the biggest disasters of early 20th cent-Remembrance Day of Greeks of Pontus&Asia Minor who fell victim to
#genocide
in the Ottoman Empire.
An
#Azerbaijan
/i general making the Grey Wolves sign in today's
#Baku
"masquerade". "Grey Wolves" is a Turkish ultranationalistic, neo-
#fascist
/ic organization,forbidden in some countries. It is a sign of appreciation 2
#Turkey
4 everything. It's the modern day
#Nazi
salute!
#France
's 140 intellectuals published a letter in Le Figaro condemning
#Turkey
-backed
#Azerbaijan
/i aggression against
#Artsakh
. "4 authorities in Baku&Ankara,
#NagornoKarabakh
is above all a territory on which flag of Azerbaijan must float at all costs."
Turkey’s Izmir tonight celebrated its 100th anniversary of liberation from occupying Greek forces.
Such a crowded party with a series of concerts. Easily hundreds thousands of people
An excellent and much expected news!!!
#Latvia
has finally officially recognized
#ArmenianGenocide
. 58 of 100 members of
@Saeima
voted 4 recognition. I am bowing to all parliamentarians who voted for the recognition of the Armenian genocide!
Experts of
@UN
said "there were widespread reports that the Government of
#Azerbaijan
,with
#Turkey
’s assistance,relied on Syrian fighters to shore-up&sustain its military operations in
#NagornoKarabakh
conflict zone, including on the frontline." Sanctions?
Only some of
#Turkey
's military assistance that was recently disclosed in various sources.
#Azerbaijan
&
#Turkey
were staunchly denying, only recently Aliyev admitted the presence of F16 in Gyanja, when sattelite images made its denial look ridiculous
#StopAzerbaijaniAggression
One of the best intl lawyers known-
@Alfreddezayas
' thoughts on current
#Turkey
-
#Azerbaijan
-
#Jihadist
(tyrants+terrorists)attack on
#Artsakh
.
"Azeri President Ilham Aliyev should be indicted by International Criminal Court under article 6, for committing the crime of aggression."
Editor in chief of a major newspaper in
#Turkey
through his verified account with more than 380K followers is disseminating hate-speech on
@Twitter
&calls for
#genocidal
act against
#Armenia
/ns.This despicable behaviour must not be tolerated at all!
#StopAzerbaijaniAggression
Belgian MP
@G_Dallemagne
:"We cannot accept the 'strong always wins' rule against the only democratic state in the region. We can not accept that
@NATO
ally will use terrorists&banned weapons in 3rd country."
#Turkey
's President warned
#Greece
for the Nth time today, saying Turkish nation has reborn from its ashes, ready to claim a victory in the Aegean, will teach a historical lesson to Greece if needed.
Turko-Azeri attack on
#Armenia
makes
#Turkey
more dangerous for Greece.Supporting Armenia isnt an act of solidarity towards people with whom we've much in common,it's a move necessary 4 security&geopolitical functioning of
#Greece
within single geosystem.
By the order of
@Arm_President
I was appointed as
#Armenia
's next Ambassador to Hellenic Republic. It's an immense honour&huge responsibility. Looking forward to further deepen
#Greece
-
#Armenia
historically firm relations based on shared values&interests.
Azeris deny their (bef 1918 they were called Tartars)massacres of Armenians in 1905-1921,they deny massacres of Armenians were committed in 1988-1990 in Sumgayit, Baku, Kirovabad.They deny Maragha massacre in 1992. They deny recent massacres. They deny there's blockade in Lachin.
"
#Turkey
&
#Azerbaijan
,2 historic perpetrators of crimes against
#Christians
,are again brutalizing
#Armenia
/ns in indigenous Armenian lands before the eyes of entire world.What are Christians in the West&global human rights community doing today 2 stop it?"
Amazing how
@VivekGRamaswamy
is exposing the hypocrisy& double standards of international media &application of universal principles in different situations. International indifference to the
#NagornoKarabakh
ethnic cleansing&
#Azwrbaijan
's genocidal policies has been shocking.
“How many hours of your show - or minutes or seconds - have you dedicated to what Azerbaijan has done to Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh… ZERO is probably the answer.” -
@VivekGRamaswamy
calling out
@piersmorgan
for choosing not to cover Azerbaijan’s genocide of
#Artsakh
Article from 1977
@nytimes
talking ab unjust decision of dictator Stalin drawing Soviet
#Azerbaijan
's borders(at the cost of Soviet
#Armenia
)&against the will of
#NagornoKarabakh
.Self-determination of
#Artsakh
people is the only guarantee of their survival
#Azerbaijan
is a genocidal state. To pretend otherwise, call it a "reliable energy partner"&continue doing "business as usual" is blindness and/or hypocrisy. Moreover, such a stance further enables Baku regime's continuous policies of existential threats against Armenia&Artsakh!
And not one, not a single Azerbaijani who killed an Armenian since Sumgait all the way up to 2016-2020 mutilations&beheadings, has ever been sentenced. Just the reverse, there are cases when some soldiers who committed those war crimes, were awarded. Ramil Safarov is the model!
Video has surfaced of Azerbaijani forces executing a group of Armenian POWs captured during its assault on Armenia in September.
Azerbaijan is a terrorist state.
Blockading to starve-is short term policy currently applied by
#Azerbaijan
against more than 120.000
#Armenia
/n population of
#NagornoKarabakh
.Longer-term objective is blockading as part of making life unbearable for people&force them leave their fatherland-ie ethnic cleansing.
Destruction of
#Armenia
/n cultural heritage when/where possible or denying their identity(de-Armenianizing)is the stated policy of
#Azerbaijan
.In the 1st photo we see
#Shushi
's "Green Church" destroyed. In 2nd,in
#Hadrut
leader of Az claims medieval Armenian inscriptions as fake.
"US
@realDonaldTrump
is uniquely positioned 2 deescalate tensions in
#NagornoKarabakh
. Given
#Turkey
weapons&influence are driving violence(by
#Azerbaijan
), Washington has ability 2 cut aid, weapons sales&impose sanctions as check 2 Ankara’s war drum."
On September 13, at 00:05, units of the
#Azerbaijani
Armed Forces began to fire intensively at the
#Armenia
'n positions from artillery and large-caliber firearms in the direction of Goris, Sotk and Jermuk.
The Azerbaijani Armed Forces also use
#UAVs
.
Dear
@Reuters
@reutersLjungg
,
#ArmenianGenocide
is not a topic of debate btw
#Armenia
&
#Turkey
. So words like "Armenia says",a "charge" are absolutely misleading, insulting&feed into denialist narratives. All genocide scholars are unanimous on the factuality of Armenian Genocide.
Corrupt dictator whose dynasty is in power for 30 years(himself for 20 years) calls former ELECTED leaders of
#NagornoKarabakh
as "clowns". Moreover, as is the case with "consolidated authoritarian regimes", before the sham trials he has already defined that they'll be punished.
Very powerful piece in
@Zeit
on double standards&hypocrisy. Of course nothing is too late unless EU wishes to lose any credibility.
"Europe doesn't need a smile for a dictator these days. But a clear attitude, gas or not."
Eminent intl lawyer Geoffrey Robertson's article a MUST READ!
"Last week US,France&Russia, as well as
@UN
,called 4 parties to negotiate but
#Azerbaijan
,unlike
#Armenia
,has refused. It wants 2 wipe out Armenians in
#Artsakh
and replace them with Azeris."
Wake-up call by
@MartinSonneborn
&
@dhbln
in
@Newsweek
"EU leadership must decide whether the values they proclaim only matter when they coincide with geopolitical interests—or whether human rights and human dignity should be the basis of their actions."
❗❗❗
#Azerbaijan
/i Armed Forces in most disgusting manner behead
#Armenia
/n-
#Artsakh
PoWs,dead or alive,as well as elderly people. Every day new evidences are emerging.Clearly
#Baku
endorses these&other war crimes.Unclear why major intl media outlets&organizations don't react.
The purpose of "mirror propaganda" is to blame on the other side in what you commit. It creates a parralel discourse&confuses intl audiences,weakening possible condemnations. Azeris have done this in every massacre from
#Sumgait
,
#Baku
until 2016,2020 wars,2021&2022 aggressions.
Azerbaijan continues their charade of blaming the Armenian side for ceasefire violations AZ commits.
Azerbaijan still absurdly claims that Armenia started the 2020 war.
And the AZ MoD has basically admitted that when they start the next offensive, they'll blame it on Armenia.
Recently the House voted to pass a resolution to formally recognize the
#ArmenianGenocide
& reject all forms of its denial. Today on the Senate floor I called upon on my Senate colleagues to take up and pass the resolution I introduced with
@SenatorMenendez
in the Senate.
There is not a single map in the world with the name
#Azerbaijan
on the area north of Arax river before 1918!History is not the strongest side of the
#Baku
dictator. So any claims about Armenians being "newcomers" to the region are not just ahistorical,they are absurd& ludicrous.
George&Amal Clooneys are strong advocates of
#ArmenianGenocide
recognition. We can guess which airliner made such an offer, but the answer is worth everything.‘If it takes a minute’s sleep away from me,it’s not worth it.’Beliefs&principles aren't for sale!
Important reminder that the region of
#NK
declared its independence following similar Declarations by former SSR after the collapse of the USSR in September,1991. Why should the peoples of any of former USSR republics have more rights than people of
#Artsakh
/
#NagornoKarabakh
?
Why is there no independent media coverage from
#Azerbaijan
❓
1⃣ not to fix
#Turkey
's presence&assistance,
2⃣ not to report ab terrorists/Jihadists,
3⃣ not to create additional headache for an authoritarian ruler.
Vital differences from
#Armenia
&
#Artsakh
where media is welcome!
Intl lawyer Geoffrey Robertson of
@DoughtyStreet
says
#NagornoKarabakh
"wasn't a country of "
#Armenia
/n separatists",but of people whose ancestors had lived in these highlands for centuries&who had fought for&won the right to resist a brutal dictator."
Since 1st day of
#NagornoKarabakh
war launched by
#Azerbaijan
&backed by
#Turkey
, the Azeri side resorted 2 method of mirror replication in propaganda,basically accusing
#Armenia
/n side in what it was doing. It played perfectly into “both sides” blame game.
Barbaric behavior of
#Azerbaijan
/i soldiers has been systemic,throughout the war,indiscriminate&massive. All of this&the fact that none of the criminals have been caught&condemned by
#Baku
regime clearly shows latter's genocidal intent towards
#Armenia
/ns.
Most memorable photo symbolizing 🇦🇲-🇬🇷 brotherhood, based on shared history, values&visions about the world./Η πιο αξιομνημόνευτη φωτογραφία που συμβολίζει την Αρμενο-Ελληνική αδελφική φιλία, που βασίζεται στην κοινή ιστορία, στις κοινές αξίες&στα κοινά οράματα για τον κόσμο.
In his acceptance speech of
@NobelPrize
in 1986,Elie Wiesel,said-“I swore never to be silent whenever human beings endure suffering&humiliation.We must take sides.Neutrality helps the oppressor,never the victim.Silence encourages tormentor,never the tormented."
#NagornoKarabakh
Azeri forces demolishing Armenian homes in
#MetsTaher
village
#Artsakh
.
Despite the obligation for the safe return of forcibly displaced persons & refugees to Artsakh,
#Baku
is erasing Armenian heritage by destroying homes, as captured on video.
#Azerbaijan
#Azeriwarcrimes
Utterly appalled by the horrific reports of the execution of unarmed Armenian prisoners by Azerbaijani forces.
#Greece
strongly condemns such acts of violence and calls for a thorough investigation to ensure perpetrators are held to account
Happy Independence Day to our brotherly
#Cyprus
! /
Θα ήθελα να συγχαρώ θερμά τους #Κύπριους αδελφούς και αδελφές μας για την 61η επέτειο της Ανεξαρτησίας της #Κύπρου! 🇨🇾 Η #Αρμενία εκτιμά τις ιδιαίτερες σχέσεις της με την Κύπρο και θα τις εμβαθύνει ακόμη περισσότερο.
@CyprusMFA
Another crime committed!After capturing
#Armenia
/n church&posting videos where there are scenes of its desecration,now we see the Holy Mother of God church completely wiped out.The brainwashed
#Azerbaijan
/i policeman&brainwasher politician blame Armenians.
"Effective way to stop the violence and destruction (of
#Armenia
/ns by
#Turks
&
#Azerbaijan
/is) is for the world to officially recognize the
#Artsakh
Republic, for whose protection the indigenous Armenians have made so much sacrifice throughout history."
What about my great grandmother's family, burnt alive inside the church in
#Surmalu
in 1915? I believe almost every
#Armenia
/n family has such tragic stories from
#ArmenianGenocide
. Another example that denial is the last phase of the crime of genocide.
The mutual influences between Armenian and Greek cultures have been continuous for more than 2500 years from Classical Greece to Byzantinian and to the modern periods. That interaction has been non-stop even during absence of statehood.
#Armenia
#Greece
The military intelligence studies confirm what we knew all along- the 44 days war of
#Azerbaijan
against
#Artsakh
&
#Armenia
would not have the results it had without the vital support of
#Turkey
. The latter won this war for
#Azerbaijan
.
Re
#Lachin
road blockade by Azerbaijan-"The present blockade is designed to,in the words of Genocide Convention,deliberately inflict conditions of life calculated 2 bring about the end of a national,ethnical,racial or religious group in whole or in part."
Συγχαίρω θερμά τη φίλη Ελλάδα και τον αδελφό Ελληνικό λαό με την ευκαιρία της Ημέρας της Ανεξαρτησίας, ευχόμενος ευημερία και ειρήνη."Οι εσωτερικές μας διαφωνίες κυλιόνται στην άβυσσο της λήθης και αναπνέουμε τον αέρα της ελευθερίας"(1821).
#GreekIndependenceDay
#Greece
#25
Μαρτιυ
It is not my intention to engage on a blame game, but the focus should now be on reaching a settlement based on the so-called “realities on the ground”. Let me remind you what the true realities on the ground are.
#UNGA76
#UNGA
👇
Speaking of
#Azerbaijan
/i attack on
#Christian
#Armenia
/n culture
@thetimes
warns"now the world is on brink of another cultural&humanitarian catastrophe that could be more destructive than brutal attack on history unleashed in M.East 5 years ago by
#Isis
."
#Russia
's Chief of Intelligence reaffirms there're several proofs from various sources,partner agencies ab terrorists recruitment&involvement on behalf of
#Azerbaijan
in war against
#Artsakh
. He also speaks ab
#Turkey
's intelligence presence in conflict.
Η🇦🇲γιορτάζει 2804 χρόνια του #Γιερεβάν από την ίδρυση της πόλης-φρουράς Ερεμπουνί.Είναι από τις αρχαιότερες πόλεις με ιστορία αιώνων αλλά και σύγχρονη πόλη με πολιτισμό και παράδοση.
Οι σχέσεις του Ερεβάν και της Αθήνας έχουν Αδελφοποιηθεί με την συμφωνία του 1993
Χρόνια πολλά!
A year ago
#OTD
#Azerbaijan
,supported by
#Turkey
&with participation of
#Islamic
mercenaries,started a war of aggression against
#Armenia
&
#Artsakh
.As a result of the war part of Artsakh is occupied,1000s killed&injured,100s captures with continuous existential threat 2 Armenians.
#Azerbaijan
attacks
#Armenia
, but before attacking, through its fake news industry launches a campaign that it is self-defense. Baku dictator's perception of self-defense means ethnic cleansing&genocide of Armenians&annihilation of
#Armenia
entirely.
On the occasion of the 62nd anniversary of the Independence of
#Cyprus
, I extend my heartfelt congratulations&warmest wishes to the Republic of Cyprus,our brothers&sisters from Cyprus.
#Armenia
&Cyprus always mutually supported&will alw. do so on bilateral&multilateral platforms.
Very powerful piece by
@bulutuzay_
on the evolving humanitarian catastrophe in
#Artsakh
/
#NagornoKatabakh
with rich historical background of the conflict,its current phase&what must be URGENTLY done(by international actors) 2 stop the nightmare. Must read!
Coverage ab
#Agdam
by some,here
@euronews
No Comment aims at presenting 1.victimhood of
#Baku
regime& 2.misrepresenting tragedy of recent war. No mentioning it is from 90s&that
#Artsakh
was subject 2 massive bombardment(with gross war crimes)by
#Azerbaijan
for 45 days NON-STOP.
Few journalists are capable of challenging heads of states.
@BBCNews
'
@OrlaGuerin
did not take the words of
#Azerbaijan
's President at face value. She questioned them time&again. The Azeri President's answer after answer made him look more ridiculous.
Nasty propaganda of "whataboutism" coming from Baku is on full-scale attack again(justifying ongoing
#EthnicCleansing
?). They'll never tell you that more than 400.000
#Azerbaijan
/i
#Armenia
/ns were forcefully displaced&never returned,&that in NK Azeris were always less than 25%.
Happy 63rd Independence Anniversary to our brotherly
#Cyprus
.
#Armenia
-Cyprus relations are based on mutual trust, centuries-old shared history&traditions. Cypriot-Armenian community plays a strong role in our relations. Wishing Cyprus peace, security&prosperity.
@CyprusMFA
Days before so called operation "Revenge" against
#Armenia
/ns in
#Artsakh
Azeris were disseminating such warnings through social networks 2 their citizens not 2 take photos of movements &types of armed forces. So,aggressionðnic cleansing by
#Azerbaijan
were well preplanned.
#Tallinn
's Archbishop Urmas Viilma
shared photos of
#Shushi
's St. Holy Saviour Cathedral's barbaric bombardment by
#Azerbaijan
.His Eminence condemned the brutal attack as a war crime according to international law,which must be strongly condemned.
#Cyprus
@CyprusMFA
1.Strongly condemns the executions of unarmed Armenian prisoners by the forces of Azerbaijan.
2. Conce again for immediate release of all Armenian prisoners as well as for a thorough investigation of the executions to ensure perpetrators are held to account.
Comments to
#Respublika
online
#Lithuania
/n portal on
#NagornoKarabakh
situation. "There is a clear aggressor, i.e.
#Azerbaijan
. If an attempt is made to compare the aggressor with its victim,then we can't have any progress,as the aggressor feels impunity."
14th day of blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh's 120.000 population by
#Azerbaijan
. Today people organized a rally in the capital Stepanakert. This struggle for survival, the attempt to ethnically cleanse Artsakh deserves better coverage
@BBC
@CNN
@nytimes
@AP
@Reuters
@RFERL
@AFP
"With the direct support it receives from
#Turkey
,
#Azerbaijan
is indiscriminately bombing residential areas across the region.Through these assaults, Azerbaijan and Turkey are once again endangering the existence of
#Artsakh
and the survival of
#Armenia
."
Demonization of Armenians is sadly normalized!Terms like "final cleaning",unthinkable after defeat of Nazism,are used without any consequences. Moreover,these terms(plus fire as a disinfecting/sterilizing means)signify concrete genocidal actions for which the culprit is proud.
A MUST-READ piece by
@bulutuzay_
summarizing centuries old genocidal policies agst Armenians&Greeks.
"Same ideology that motivated 1913-23 Christian genocide is today motivating Turkey’s&Azerbaijan’s aggressions against Armenians,Greeks&other Christians."
My op-ed was published in English in Cyprus too
@FinancialMirror
"For the Armenians,this is an existential moment,a matter of life&death,as they struggle in unremittingly unbearable&inhumane conditions for the very right to live in their ancient homeland."
Water is indeed the most fundamental means to life. Cutting it is equivalent to opposing life itself,threatening the right 2 life.
#Azerbaijan
is time&again proving
#Armenians
of
#Artsakh
have no other way of survival than the implementation of theeir right 2 self-determination.
It’s almost a week since we don’t have water in
#Stepanakert
and other regions of
#Artsakh
.
Azeris have blocked the main levee (floodbank) which caused humanitarian collapse in my country considering the fact that there’s + 30 degree in Artsakh now.
Η #Αρμενία ανησυχεί βαθύτατα για την επίθεση στις
@UNPeacekeeping
δύναμεις στην
#Pyla
της #Κύπρου και καταδικάζει αυτή την παραβίαση. Η διεθνώς εξουσιοδοτημένη αρχή του
@UN_CYPRUS
πρέπει να είναι πλήρως σεβαστή. Η Αρμενία επαναλαμβάνει την απερίφραστη αλληλεγγύη προς την Κύπρο.
Good piece on necessity of
#Artsakh
recognition."Many scholars have endorsed remedial secession,esp late A.Cassese,4 whom secession...may be legitimate in cases of extreme&unremitting persecution devoid of any reasonable hope 4 internal self-determination"
Let's be clear about 3 facts-
1. Azerbaijan has been pouring threats of use of force for weeks now
2.Before this aggression there was an active propaganda to justify it,
3.Azerbaijan shot&killed Armenians from internationally recognized(currently occupied)territories of Armenia.
On Feb 13th, as a result of
#Azerbaijan
’s AF firing on
#Armenian
combat positions in
#Nerkin_Hand
(
#Syunik
Province), the following lost their lives:
• Edward Harutyunyan (1974)
• Gagik Manukyan (1982)
• Arsen Hambardzumyan (1979)
• Hrachya Talish Hovhannisyan (1957)
📢September 27: FM of
#Greece
🇬🇷
@NikosDendias
will pay working visit to
#Armenia
🇦🇲. Meeting of FMs of Armenia & Greece will take place on the same day at the
@MFAofArmenia
. W/in the working visit PM of Armenia
@NikolPashinyan
will receive the Foreign Minister of Greece as well.
An important message to
#Azerbaijan
/s tyrant, but above all to all those foreigners that pretend that relations with
#Azerbaijan
is "business as usual". This is a country which continues to pose an existential threat to Armenians of
#Artsakh
and
#Armenia
as well!
"Erdogan&Aliyev,
#Azerbaijan
/i dictator,say "One Nation two States". It is a pity to them that in the middle there is
#Christian
&millenary
#Armenia
, survivor of a
#genocide
that they do not recognize...Armenia is a bastion of civilization to defend."