02:46Thousands of Armenian expatriates joined a rally in Brussels, on Saturday, in solidarity with Armenia amid the long-disputed Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the Azerbaijani military offensive into the region.
Footage shows demonstrators rally at Robert Schuman Square holding Armenian and Artsakh flags as well as placards among others reading: 'Armenia and Diaspora support Artsakh', 'Armenian lives matter'.
"The demonstration was organised by Europeans for Artsakh, a gathering of more than 500 Armenian associations from all across Europe. They have joined forces to call for Azerbaijan to lift its blockade on the Nagorno-Karabakh region," said a member of Armenian Youth organisation Armen Tasci.
The year-long conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh escalated on Tuesday, September 19, with the beginning of Azerbaijan's counter-terrorist operation in the region. On the same day, Moscow called on the parties to the conflict to declare a ceasefire and start negotiations.
On Wednesday, September 20, the Defence Ministry of the self-proclaimed NKR said that its authorities had decided to lay down arms for a ceasefire from 13:00 local time (09:00 GMT). Baku also announced the suspension of its 'anti-terrorist measures'.
Last Thursday, the region’s ethnic Armenian president announced the dissolution of the unrecognised republic at the end of this year and its fully incorporation into Azerbaijan.
Nagorno-Karabakh - formerly an autonomous region of the Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic, with a predominantly ethnic Armenian population - broke away from Azerbaijan in the final years of the USSR, establishing a self-proclaimed, independent but internationally unrecognised entity.
Baku claims sovereignty over the territory, and after a major war in 2020 regained control over large parts of the region. In May 2023, the Yerevan government recognised Azerbaijan's claim to the territory but also called for protection for the region's ethnic Armenians.
Thousands from Armenian diaspora rally in Brussels in support of Nagorno-Karabakh
Thousands of Armenian expatriates joined a rally in Brussels, on Saturday, in solidarity with Armenia amid the long-disputed Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the Azerbaijani military offensive into the region.
Footage shows demonstrators rally at Robert Schuman Square holding Armenian and Artsakh flags as well as placards among others reading: 'Armenia and Diaspora support Artsakh', 'Armenian lives matter'.
"The demonstration was organised by Europeans for Artsakh, a gathering of more than 500 Armenian associations from all across Europe. They have joined forces to call for Azerbaijan to lift its blockade on the Nagorno-Karabakh region," said a member of Armenian Youth organisation Armen Tasci.
The year-long conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh escalated on Tuesday, September 19, with the beginning of Azerbaijan's counter-terrorist operation in the region. On the same day, Moscow called on the parties to the conflict to declare a ceasefire and start negotiations.
On Wednesday, September 20, the Defence Ministry of the self-proclaimed NKR said that its authorities had decided to lay down arms for a ceasefire from 13:00 local time (09:00 GMT). Baku also announced the suspension of its 'anti-terrorist measures'.
Last Thursday, the region’s ethnic Armenian president announced the dissolution of the unrecognised republic at the end of this year and its fully incorporation into Azerbaijan.
Nagorno-Karabakh - formerly an autonomous region of the Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic, with a predominantly ethnic Armenian population - broke away from Azerbaijan in the final years of the USSR, establishing a self-proclaimed, independent but internationally unrecognised entity.
Baku claims sovereignty over the territory, and after a major war in 2020 regained control over large parts of the region. In May 2023, the Yerevan government recognised Azerbaijan's claim to the territory but also called for protection for the region's ethnic Armenians.
Thousands of Armenian expatriates joined a rally in Brussels, on Saturday, in solidarity with Armenia amid the long-disputed Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the Azerbaijani military offensive into the region.
Footage shows demonstrators rally at Robert Schuman Square holding Armenian and Artsakh flags as well as placards among others reading: 'Armenia and Diaspora support Artsakh', 'Armenian lives matter'.
"The demonstration was organised by Europeans for Artsakh, a gathering of more than 500 Armenian associations from all across Europe. They have joined forces to call for Azerbaijan to lift its blockade on the Nagorno-Karabakh region," said a member of Armenian Youth organisation Armen Tasci.
The year-long conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh escalated on Tuesday, September 19, with the beginning of Azerbaijan's counter-terrorist operation in the region. On the same day, Moscow called on the parties to the conflict to declare a ceasefire and start negotiations.
On Wednesday, September 20, the Defence Ministry of the self-proclaimed NKR said that its authorities had decided to lay down arms for a ceasefire from 13:00 local time (09:00 GMT). Baku also announced the suspension of its 'anti-terrorist measures'.
Last Thursday, the region’s ethnic Armenian president announced the dissolution of the unrecognised republic at the end of this year and its fully incorporation into Azerbaijan.
Nagorno-Karabakh - formerly an autonomous region of the Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic, with a predominantly ethnic Armenian population - broke away from Azerbaijan in the final years of the USSR, establishing a self-proclaimed, independent but internationally unrecognised entity.
Baku claims sovereignty over the territory, and after a major war in 2020 regained control over large parts of the region. In May 2023, the Yerevan government recognised Azerbaijan's claim to the territory but also called for protection for the region's ethnic Armenians.