Mentions:
1: Tim Loughton (Con - East Worthing and Shoreham) We do not have to go far in Armenia or Nagorno-Karabakh to see the history behind that.The conflict ended - Speech Link
2: David Duguid (Con - Banff and Buchan) However, the stated history of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, including that stated in today’s debate - Speech Link
3: Chris Law (SNP - Dundee West) province, illegal incursions have been made on Armenian sovereign territories, with the establishment of armed - Speech Link
4: Leo Docherty (Con - Aldershot) The plight of refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh is the most recent chapter in a 35-year conflict in which - Speech Link
Asked by: Fleur Anderson (Labour - Putney)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to help mitigate the risk of atrocity crimes in Nagorno-Karabakh in the context of the withdrawal of Russian peacekeeping forces and military activity by Azerbaijani forces in that region.
Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
The UK believes that those who commit atrocities in armed conflicts need to be held accountable. We call on states and non-state actors engaged in armed conflict to respect international humanitarian law, and to act in accordance with their obligations under it. In the case of Azerbaijani military action in Nagorno-Karabakh in September, the UK was vocal in calling for an end to the conflict, the protection of civilians and for immediate humanitarian access. The UN and other international actors have subsequently been granted access to the region.
Found: International support for Armenian refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh
Mentions:
1: Earl of Courtown (CON - Excepted Hereditary) My Lords, Tuesday brought devastating news of the resumption of armed conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Cox (CB - Life peer) My Lords, I was in Armenia and at the border of Nagorno-Karabakh last week. - Speech Link
3: Lord Reid of Cardowan (LAB - Life peer) The problems in Nagorno-Karabakh are intractable and have gone on for many years: I remember visiting - Speech Link
Found: What is happening in Nagorno-Karabakh?
Oral Evidence Jan. 10 2024
Committee: International Relations and Defence CommitteeFound: International Relations and Defence Committee Uncorrected oral evidence: Nagorno-Karabakh and
Asked by: Ian Blackford (Scottish National Party - Ross, Skye and Lochaber)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure Azerbaijan’s compliance with international law on prevention of atrocity crimes.
Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
The UK believes that those who commit atrocities in armed conflicts need to be held accountable. We call on states and non-state actors engaged in armed conflict to respect international humanitarian law, and to act in accordance with their obligations under it. In the case of Azerbaijani military action in Nagorno-Karabakh in September, the UK was vocal in calling for an end to the conflict, the protection of civilians and for immediate humanitarian access. The UN and other international actors have subsequently been granted access to the region.
Mentions:
1: James Cleverly (Con - Braintree) We are conscious of that and the Israeli armed forces are conscious of that—that is why, they explained - Speech Link
2: David Duguid (Con - Banff and Buchan) in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. - Speech Link
3: Leo Docherty (Con - Aldershot) Following the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh last month, the Government called for an end to the violence - Speech Link
4: David Duguid (Con - Banff and Buchan) What support are the UK Government and British companies providing in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan - Speech Link
5: Chris Law (SNP - Dundee West) Following Azerbaijan’s military intervention in Nagorno-Karabakh, almost all of the ethnic Armenian population - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Baroness Helic (Con - Life peer) Herzegovina.This debate comes at a time of global insecurity: from Ukraine to Sudan, from Kosovo to Nagorno-Karabakh - Speech Link
2: Earl of Sandwich (XB - Excepted Hereditary) 30 fully armed KFOR troops. - Speech Link
3: Lord Browne of Ladyton (Lab - Life peer) The rapidity with which Nagorno-Karabakh receded into history last month was a direct consequence of - Speech Link
4: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) noble Lords referred to the current conflict in the Middle East and contagion. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Earl of Sandwich (XB - Excepted Hereditary) It is hardly surprising that armed resistance groups have sprung up in many areas in self-defence. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Cox (XB - Life peer) central regions of the country, tend to be terrorised with devastating impunity by Islamist militants and armed - Speech Link
3: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) It directly addressed the persecution of religious minorities in conflict settings. - Speech Link