2023-09-27 06:48:31
As of 16:00 local time on September 26, the number of Armenian residents who came to Armenia from Karabakh was 28,120. Reuters news agency reports this with reference to the Armenian government.
The massive departure of Armenians from Karabakh began last week after the 24-hour ceasefire of the Azerbaijani armed forces and the agreement of the Armenians to disarm.
As hundreds of vehicles carrying Karabakh Armenians lined up to cross into Armenia on the Lachin road, the United States called on Azerbaijani officials to protect civilians and allow aid convoys to the area.
Most of the people went to Lachin road to go to Gorus in passenger cars and some in open top trucks and tractors.
Speaking to the Reuters news agency, Narine Shekaryan, who has four grandchildren, says that her son-in-law came to Armenia with six people in his car. According to him, it took 24 hours to cover the 77-kilometer road. He said that his family was starving during this period.
Samantha Power, the head of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), who is currently on a visit to Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, called on Azerbaijan to “obey the ceasefire and take concrete steps to protect the rights of local residents in Nagorno-Grabagh”.
Before that, in the letter of US President Joe Biden, which he presented to Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, it was stated that Azerbaijan’s use of military force is unacceptable.
Power called on the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, to fulfill his promise to protect the rights of ethnic Armenians and to launch an aid and international monitoring mission to the territory.
Voice of America
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