2023-09-21 06:24:39
Nearly 200 people were killed and more than 400 injured in Nagorno-Karabakh during the military operation launched by the Azerbaijani army in that region inhabited by Armenians.
As reported on the social network
In addition, 40 civilians were injured, of which thirteen were minors.
The Azerbaijani authorities have recognized two civilians killed during the anti-terrorist operation, while the Azerbaijani president, Ilham Aliev, spoke of several dead soldiers, without specifying.
Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed in a telephone conversation with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian that “the most acute phase of the conflict” had been overcome and agreed to hold negotiations between Baku and Karabakh representatives on Thursday.
“These negotiations will be held through the mediation of the commanders of the Russian peacekeeping contingent,” he stressed.
The Kremlin today rejected Armenian allegations of “ethnic cleansing” at the hands of Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh following the agreement reached between both sides to cease hostilities.
“For now there are no reasons to talk about ethnic cleansing,” Peskov said in statements to Russian public television.
Armenian diplomats denounced that the international community tolerates “military ethnic cleansing” carried out by the Azerbaijani army in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Thousands of Karabakhis have gathered today at the airport of the enclave’s capital, Stepanakert (Jankendi in Azerbaijani), with the aim of being evacuated.
Aliev, who had demanded that Karabakhis accept Azerbaijani citizenshippromised in his television address that he will guarantee the rights of Armenians living in Karabakh, a territory inhabited by some 120,000 people.
According to the office of the Karabakh Ombudsman, more than 10,000 people have already been evacuated from 16 towns in the Caucasian territory.
The authorities of the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh republic announced at noon on Wednesday an immediate cessation of hostilities and They capitulated to Baku, which they managed to take in less than 24 hours almost a hundred enemy positions.
Both sides will hold negotiations tomorrow, Thursday, to address the integration of the region into Azerbaijan and security guarantees for the Karabakhis.
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