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Assessing humanitarian needs amid the last-minute escape process of residents
Azerbaijan issues arrest warrant for former leader of Armenian separatist group
Residents fleeing Azeri-Armenian conflict zone
(Cornizor[아르메니아] Reuters = Yonhap News) On the 27th (local time), Armenians living in Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed area between Azerbaijan and Armenia, arrive at Kornijor, a border town in Armenia. 2023.09.27 danh2023@yna.co.kr
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Yeon-sook = A UN delegation led by a senior aid official arrived in Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed area between Azerbaijan and Armenia, on the 1st (local time), AFP and Reuters reported. This is the first time the United Nations has visited this area in over 30 years of conflict.
A spokesman for the Azerbaijani president told AFP that “a UN delegation arrived in Karabakh on the morning of the 1st” to assess humanitarian needs.
Nagorno-Karabakh is internationally an Azerbaijani territory, but the majority of its residents are ethnic Armenians. Armenian residents established a self-proclaimed republic in 1991, operated an army, and engaged in several armed conflicts with Azerbaijan.
When Azerbaijan launched an airstrike on the Nagorno-Karabakh area on the 19th, the autonomous forces that had defended the region by force for over 30 years virtually lost control to Azerbaijan.
After agreeing to a ceasefire, the autonomous forces are negotiating with the Azerbaijani government, which promises to guarantee the safety of residents in exchange for disarmament.
However, a mass exodus of Armenian residents, fearing racial persecution, continued.
The international community has raised concerns about the human rights situation in the region and the need for UN monitoring.
Accordingly, the Azerbaijani President’s Office announced on the 29th of last month that it plans to allow a UN expert group to visit within the next few days. However, some, including France, have strongly criticized Azerbaijan for allowing the UN visit only after a large number of residents had already fled.
Residents fleeing Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict zone
(Goris[아르메니아] EPA=Yonhap News) On the 26th (local time), Armenians living in Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed area between Azerbaijan and Armenia, arrived in Goris, an Armenian city near the border. The Armenian Prime Minister’s Office announced that as of the morning of the 27th, 47,115 people left the Nagorno-Karabakh region and entered Armenia. 2023.09.27 danh2023@yna.co.kr
The escape procession of the estimated 120,000 residents here has almost come to an end. The Armenian government reported that 100,483 ethnic Armenians living in Nagorno-Karabakh have arrived in the country. 45,516 people are currently staying in temporary accommodation.
Armenia, with a population of 2.8 million, is expected to face great difficulties due to the rapid influx of refugees.
Azerbaijan is currently holding talks with separatist leaders for reintegration while also detaining some senior military figures.
The Associated Press reported that Azerbaijan issued an arrest warrant for separatist leader Araykh Harutunyan, who held the title of president in the region’s self-proclaimed Armenian republic from May 2020 to last month. Ruben Vardanian, who was previously the Minister of State, was arrested while trying to cross to Armenia at the end of last month.
On the 5th, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Panishan will meet in Granada, Spain. They plan to discuss ending hostilities through Western mediation.
The two countries have fought three wars over the past several decades. There were several rounds of negotiations mediated by the European Union (EU) and the United States, but no breakthrough was found.
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