During this brutal 8year period. over 1/2 million Armenians died through massacres. disease. and starvation. Unfortunately. even today. the Armenian people face continued violence and ethnic hatred. Since 1988. the conflict between Christian Armenians and Moslem Azerbaijanis for control of NagornoKarabakh has resulted in over 10.000 deaths and almost 11 million refugees. Despite the May 16l4 ceasefire and the armistice agreement signed the following month. a permanent solution to the conflict has yet to be found. The United States has provided substantial humanitarian assistance to Armenia. but it has become increasingly difficult to deliver this assistance because of the continuing blockade by the Governments of Azerbaijan and Turkey.
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