Kim Kardashian pens essay to urge Joe Biden to ‘stop another Armenian genocide’ by cutting aid to Azerbaijan – as she accuses the UN and EU of perpetuating the crisis with their ‘collective silence’
Kim Kardashian has urged President Joe Biden to prevent another Armenian genocide by economically sanctioning his enemy nation Azerbaijan and boycotting international events there.
In a joint essay with Dr. Eric Esrailian, the reality star, who is of Armenian descent, alleged that Azerbaijan has been blocking the Lachin Corridor since December – which she called “the only lifeline between the indigenous Christian Armenians of Artsakh” and the rest. of the world.
Azerbaijan’s leaders say there are established routes for food and aid to reach Christian Armenians in Artsakh, but Kardashian said these claims are “disingenuous at best.” The countries have been locked in a decades-long conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, which is part of Azerbaijan but under the control of ethnic Armenian forces, backed by Armenia, since a separatist war there ended in 1994.
‘WE ARE ARMENIAN. We are the descendants of survivors of the Armenian Genocide, and we do not want to discuss the recognition or commemoration of another genocide in the future,” the mother of four wrote for Rolling Stone magazine.
Kardashian claimed that because many countries have become more dependent on Azerbaijan for oil and gas since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the country has become emboldened in its attempts to advance into Armenia.
Kim Kardashian has urged President Joe Biden to prevent another Armenian genocide by economically sanctioning his enemy nation Azerbaijan.
Kardashian has asked the Biden administration to stop providing aid to Azerbaijan, claiming the country is systematically starving Armenians
Dr. Esrailian, co-author with Kardashian, is a gastroenterologist and professor of medicine at UCLA – and, like Kardashian, a prominent American of Armenian descent
“The war in Ukraine has made Azerbaijan an apparently more favorable alternative to Russian oil and gas for some countries,” the essay continued.
“However, this dependence has emboldened the autocratic Azerbaijani government to use famine as a weapon against the Armenian population in the region. There is no more time for thoughts, prayers or worries.”
The Skims founder further spoke about the ceasefire that was supposed to end the armed conflict between the two nations in 2020. He said that Azerbaijan has continued to attack Armenia and that the war “never ended in the minds of Armenians all over the world. ‘
She accused governments and organizations around the world of looking away as signs point to an impending genocide in Armenia.
‘The collective silence or inaction of individuals, governments and government organizations such as the United Nations and the European Union has perpetuated the crisis. Every day that passes puts more lives at risk,” Kardashian wrote.
She noted that several organizations, such as the United Nations’ own independent special rapporteur, have concluded that Azerbaijan is systematically starving Armenians, denying them medical care in the disputed region and violating their human rights.
The billionaire added that American taxpayers “are now facilitating and enabling this behavior by providing foreign aid to an oil-rich country.”
Azerbaijani leaders claim there are established routes for food and aid to reach Christian Armenians in Artsakh, but Kardashian said those claims are “disingenuous at best.”
In 2020, Kardashian announced a $1 million donation to the Armenia Fund. She is pictured with her daughter North in Armenia in 2019
‘Through economic sanctions, stopping foreign aid to Azerbaijan, boycotting international events in Azerbaijan (such as concerts and sporting events such as football and Formula 1) and through procedures before international courts, we can achieve results together, but this process is too been a lot. slow and time is running out,” Kardashian wrote.
Dr. Esrailian is a gastroenterologist and clinical professor of medicine in health sciences at UCLA – and, like Kardashian, a prominent American of Armenian descent.
In 2020, Kardashian announced a $1 million donation to the Armenia Fund after the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the disputed region reignited in July.
Russia, Armenia’s ally, brokered the ceasefire between the Caucasus neighbors after six weeks of fighting left 6,500 dead.
Kardashian’s father’s family immigrated to the United States from an area that is now in Turkey. Kim visited the country with her children and sister Kourtney.
However, the region is mainly populated and ruled by ethnic Armenians, who prefer the name Artsakh.
Last year, Azerbaijan was accused of attempting to invade its arch-enemy Armenia, as fighting erupted across the border with missile and drone attacks reported in the former Soviet republic.
A congressional delegation led by former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi traveled to Armenia last year to show support as the conflict reached a boiling point in 2022.
An estimated two million Armenians were deported and 1.5 million were killed during the events known as Metz Yeghern in 1915–1916.
Armenia said Azerbaijani forces “launched intensive shelling, with artillery and large-caliber firearms, against Armenian military positions towards the towns of Goris, Sotk and Jermuk shortly after midnight.”
But Azerbaijani Defense Ministry accused Armenia of “large-scale subversive acts” near the border districts of Dashkesan, Kelbajar and Lachin, adding that army positions “came under fire, including from trench mortars.”
A congressional delegation led by former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi traveled to Armenia last year to show support as the conflict reached a boiling point in 2022.
In 2021, Biden officially recognized that the systematic killings and deportations of hundreds of thousands of Armenians by Ottoman Empire forces amounted to “genocide.”
An estimated two million Armenians were deported and 1.5 million were killed during the events known as Metz Yeghern in 1915–1916.
For decades, the White House had avoided using the term to describe the atrocities that took place during World War I, out of concern that it could damage relations with NATO ally Turkey.