All those who left the region can return if they wish, Azerbaijani authorities assured. Almost 85 thousand migrants arrived in Armenia.
The departure of Armenian residents from Nagorno-Karabakh is their personal and voluntary decision. Those who left will be able to return, Azerbaijani Presidential Representative for Special Assignments Elchin Amirbekov said in an interview with BBC Newshour, Radio Azatutyun reported on September 28.
“This has nothing to do with forced relocation or any desire of Azerbaijan for them to leave. They have a choice. It is important to remember that we encouraged them to stay and become part of multinational Azerbaijan,” he stressed.
Amirbekov pointed out that the Azerbaijani authorities have been regularly providing food, medicine, humanitarian aid to Karabakh in recent days, and have also fixed the electricity supply.
“Armenians who left Azerbaijan will be able to return,” assured the representative of the president.
According to Radio Azatutyun, on the morning of September 29, 84,770 internally displaced persons from Nagorno-Karabakh arrived in Armenia.
A day before it became known that the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (Artsakh) will cease to exist on January 1, 2024. The corresponding decree was signed by its “head” Samvel Shakhramanyan.
Let’s recall that on September 19, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense announced the holding of “anti-terrorist measures” in Karabakh to “restore constitutional order.”
On the same day, Baku announced the conditions for the end of the operation, including the surrender and disarmament of forces in the region.
Armenia declared that it would not participate in hostilities, and on September 20, Nagorno-Karabakh “authorities” accepted a cease-fire proposal from Azerbaijan
After that, Baku announced the restoration of sovereignty in Nagorno-Karabakh, and its residents began to leave the region.
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