Eastern USA stands with Artsakh

While under Soviet rule, and soon after the massacres of Sumgait in 1988, the citizens of Artsakh passed a referendum to join Armenia. In 1991, another referendum was passed to establish the Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) Autonomous Republic. At no point has Artsakh been a part of Azerbaijan, which declared its own independence later in 1991. With those referenda, the people of Artsakh unequivocally expressed their intention to live freely and with the right to self-determination on their lands â