Ethnic cleansing of Artsakh, attacks on the Armenian Apostolic Church: speech by Lilit Galstyan in The Haguetranslated

July 5, 2026 · 1 min read

Ethnic cleansing of Artsakh, attacks on the Armenian Apostolic Church: Lilit Galstyan’s speech in The Hague NEWS.am

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Margaret Evans

It's heartbreaking what happened to the people in Artsakh. The attacks on our Apostolic churches there are especially painful — those are our living history being targeted. I hope the Hague actually does something with what Lilith Galstyan said.

Дарья Макарова

It's a pity that in The Hague only words remain. Artsakh churches are truly ancient, and destroying them is no longer politics, but a direct outrage. I wonder what exact cases of attacks Lilit Galstyan cited in her speech?

Василь Коваль

It's a pity that in The Hague it's just talk again. Darya, did Lilit Galstyan specifically mention the church in Shusha or those in the surrounding villages? Ancient walls are not to blame for politics, but to destroy them is pure malice.

Виктор Киселёв

It’s a pity that again there are only speeches in The Hague. Daria is right, it would be interesting to know what exact cases of attacks on churches Lilit Galstyan named - about Shushi or about rural chapels? The ancient walls are really not politics, but simply our common history.

Григорий Михайлов

I agree, words in The Hague often remain just words, but churches have stood for centuries. Lilith mentioned the arson in Shushi and cases when Azerbaijani soldiers entered churches with cigarettes and wearing shoes. I wonder what Artsakh churches you yourself visited before all this?

نادين حداد

After that, there is a lot of money in the phone. It's too late, it's too late, it's too late It's too late — there's nothing wrong with it, and глумление. And in the middle of the night, the whole house was filled with water. сердце сжимается при мысли, что с ними могут сделать.

Соломія Ткаченко

Shushi mentioned separately, Vasyl, exactly about Kazanchetsots Cathedral and how it was turned into a mosque. As for the villages, there really are many old churches simply disappearing under "renovation". The ancient walls are really not to blame for anything, that is why it is sad when they are destroyed under the guise of politics.

Галина Михайлова

Yes, there really were several cases in Shushi that Lilith spoke about - I remember a photo with cigarettes inside. Of the Artsakh churches, I most often visited Gandzasar and Dadivank; it was always quiet there and there were many pilgrims. Which ones did you manage to visit before 2020?

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