Azerbaijan carried out a lightning offensive to reclaim full control over its breakaway region, leading many local residents who fear reprisals to leave for Armenia.
announced Thursday that it will dissolve itself and the unrecognized republic will cease to exist by the end of the year, and Armenian officials said more than half of the population has already fled.to reclaim full control over its breakaway region and demanded that Armenian troops in Nagorno-Karabakh lay down their weapons and the separatist government dissolve itself.
Azerbaijani authorities have pledged to respect the rights of ethnic Armenians in the region and restore supplies after a 10-month blockade.A truck carries refugees between Kornidzor and Goris, Armenia on Wednesday.By Thursday morning, more than half of Nagorno-Karabakh’s population — over 65,000 people — had fled to Armenia, according to Armenian officials.Alain Jocard / AFP - Getty Images
It isn’t immediately clear if any of the ethnic Armenians that have populated the region will remain there.
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