The leadership of the 120,000 Armenians who call the region home say they do not want to live there anymore because they fear persecution and ethnic cleansing.
At least 4,850 ethnic Armenians have fled the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, the Armenian government has said.The leadership of the 120,000 Armenians who call the region home told Reuters they do not want to live there anymore because they fear persecution and ethnic cleansing.Refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh region arrive at a temporary accommodation centre in the town of Goris, Armenia
"No one is going back - that's it," Anna Agopyan, who reached Goris, a border town in Armenia, told the news agency."The topic of Karabakh is over now for good I think."As families loaded their belongings into buses and trucks, ethnic Armenian officials in the region said preparations - including free fuel - were being made for those wanting to leave the territory., and has been a flashpoint since the end of the Soviet Union.
The US and EU have expressed"deep concerns" for the Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh, which is recognised internationally as part of Azerbaijan but had been under Armenian control. More than 6,000 people died in a war three years ago which saw Azerbaijan regain parts of the region and surrounding territories that had been under Armenian control since 1994.
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