An ecumenical conference on Artsakh has recently been held in Switzerland. The Catholicos of All Armenians denounces the Azeri occupation supported by Turkey, the cultural destruction and the illegal detention of Armenian prisoners. The WCC calls for the truth and the victims to be defended.

At the suggestion of the Catholicos of All Armenians, the World Council of Churches organised an international conference in Switzerland on the theme of Religious Freedom: Preserving the Armenian Spiritual, Cultural and Historical Heritage in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh).

The Catholicos of All Armenians told the conference that, with Turkey’s military support, Azerbaijan has committed a crime: it has forcibly occupied and depopulated Artsakh. It has occupied key territories on the Armenian border and is making new demands as part of the process of signing the peace treaty.

Azerbaijan is holding Artsakh’s political leaders, civilians and prisoners of war hostage in a sham trial, in flagrant violation of international legal standards.

Main source: shoghakat.am