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Artsakh presidential advisor David Babayan has denounced the harassment by Azerbaijanis of children travelling back to Artsakh on Tuesday, more than one month after being stranded in Armenia due to the Azerbaijani blockade of the Lachin corridor, Artsakh’s sole land link with Armenia.

The car carrying the children was being escorted by Russian peacekeeping troops and was stopped by Azerbaijanis in the Shushi-Karin Tak section of the Goris-Stepanakert road, where Azerbaijani government agents claiming to be eco-activists are stationed. A group of 10 to 15 masked Azerbaijanis with cameras and in civilian clothes approached the car, some of them broke into the vehicle and filmed the children in the car.

The provocative actions of the Azerbaijanis caused a commotion in the car and one of the children fainted as a result. The Azerbaijanis were removed from the car by Russian peacekeepers and the vehicle continued its journey.

“The actions of Azerbaijani eco-terrorists against the children of Artsakh are the most obvious manifestation of the genocidal and Nazi policies,” Babayan wrote on Facebook on Wednesday.

“The world should respond, simply must. But we ourselves must draw the appropriate conclusions. For our children and their future, those “Armenians” who are trying to “shove” Artsakh into Azerbaijan pose a much greater danger than these eco-terrorists,” he stressed.