Thousands of refugees flee from Nagorno-Karabakh. Some said they could not live under the authority of Azerbaijanis
Activists take part in a protest in front of the UN Office in Armenia in Yerevan, on August 16, 2023. – On August 12, 2023, Armenia urged the UN Security Council to hold a crisis meeting on Nagorno-Karabakh, citing a “deteriorating humanitarian situation” after accusing Azerbaijan of blocking supplies to the disputed region.
Yerevan has warned of possible “ethnic cleansing” by Azerbaijan — a close ally of Armenia’s arch-nemesis Turkey — after Baku launched a 24-hour blitz that forced the rebels to agree to disarm last Wednesday. An AFP team allowed to access the refugees’ route to Armenia, on a tour organised by the Azerbaijani government, saw that most of the people crossing the border were women with children and the elderly.
Some of the vehicles crept along on flat tyres, while many other people simply walked through the last Azerbaijani checkpoint.Yanik Zakaryan, a 37-year-old who said he took part in last week’s fighting, was resting on the Armenian side of the border. During a call with Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged “unconditional protections and freedom of movement for civilians”, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said.The humanitarian drama was heightened by a blast late Monday that rocked a fuel depot thronged by crowds of refugees.
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