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The chairman of the U.S. bishops\u2019 international peace committee on Thursday called for an end to the blockade of humanitarian supplies in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, warning of a looming \u201ccatastrophe\u201d if the conflict continues and aid workers aren\u2019t permitted to bring supplies to those within it.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said in a press release on Thursday<\/a> that the now-nine-monthlong blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed territory in western Asia long claimed by both Armenia and Azerbaijan, has had a \u201cdevastating impact.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The USCCB on Thursday noted that \u201csince December 2022, Azerbaijan has blocked the Lachin corridor,\u201d cutting off humanitarian supply chains in the region for nine months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 100,000 ethnic Armenian Christians behind the blockade \u201cfind themselves trapped in Nagorno-Karabakh, facing dire shortages of food, medicine, and medical supplies, fuel, electricity, and other basic essentials to sustain life,\u201d the bishops said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bishop David Malloy, the chairman of the USCCB\u2019s Committee on International Justice and Peace, said in the press release that the prelates were holding \u201cstrong hope for a resolution\u201d to the conflict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith the continued impasse of this conflict and the mounting consequences of this blockade, let us all be of one mind and one accord in our prayers for those suffering from this conflict,\u201d Malloy said, expressing hope \u201cto see this impending humanitarian catastrophe averted and to see this conflict ultimately resolved through peaceful means.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the outset of increased hostilities in the region in late 2020, Pope Francis called for<\/a> the warring factions to \u201cperform concrete acts of goodwill and brotherhood that may lead to resolve the problems, not with the use of force and arms, but through dialogue and negotiation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Malloy at the time had noted<\/a> that \u201cthe Caucasus is a far-off and little-known region to most Americans.\u201d But, he said, \u201cthose who suffer are always close to Our Lord and to those who follow him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI invite all Catholics and people of goodwill to join together in prayers for peace in the Caucasus,\u201d the bishop said then, according to a Catholic News Agency report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Human-rights leaders have warned of the risk of \u201creligious cleansing\u201d<\/a> posed by the larger conflict. This week New Jersey Rep. Chris Smith said the Azerbaijan government\u2019s actions had raised the possibility of \u201cgenocide\u201d<\/a> in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback warned earlier this summer<\/a> that Azerbaijan forces were \u201cworking to make [the territory] unlivable so that the region\u2019s Armenian-Christian population is forced to leave.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The United States \u201cmust use every tool at its disposal to prevent a humanitarian disaster in Nagorno-Karabakh,\u201d Brownback said last month<\/a>, adding elsewhere<\/a> that the U.S. \u201cmust exert all the pressure and influence it has to save this endangered population from being starved and eventually driven from their homes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The chairman of the U.S. bishops\u2019 international peace committee on Thursday called for an end to the blockade of humanitarian supplies in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, warning of a looming \u201ccatastrophe\u201d if the conflict continues and aid workers aren\u2019t permitted to bring supplies to those within it. 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