The enclave in conflict between Armenians and Azeris known as Nagorno Karabakh, located in central-eastern Asia, had announced the creation of the Republic of Artsakhbut after the latest war events, preferred to choose to cease to exist from January 1, 2024
More precisely, a week after the victorious offensive of Azerbaijan In this majority Armenian enclave, the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic announced that it will dissolve all its institutions. It should be noted that, meanwhile, more than half of the inhabitants fled to Armenia.
The president of the self-proclaimed republic of Nagorno Karabakh, Samvel Shajramanyandecreed this Thursday the dissolution of the separatist entity in the territory of Azerbaijan, known as Artsakh, which had even designed its own flag.
“All state bodies and organizations dependent on them must be dissolved before January 1, 2024, and The Republic of Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) ceases to exist“says the decree collected by Armenian media.
The document signed by Shakhramanyan states that the inhabitants of Nagorno Karabakh, including those who are outside its territory, must take note of the conditions presented by Azerbaijan for reintegration and then “decide individually” whether to remain in Nagorno Karabakh or return to it. .
The dissolution of the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh republic, recognized by no one, not even by Armenia, was one of the conditions imposed by Azerbaijan to stop the military operation which he launched on the 19th against the enclave and which concluded the next day with the capitulation of the Karabakhis.
Representatives of the Azerbaijani Government and the Karabakh Armenians have since held two meetings to address the reintegration of that territory into Azerbaijan.
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The exodus to Armenia from the enclave in conflict
The capitulation of the Nagorno-Karabakh republic has caused the exodus of Karabakhs to Armenia. More than half of the enclave’s population, estimated at about 120,000 thousand inhabitantshas left their homes since Sunday and moved to Armenia.
“By 04:00 (GMT), 65,036 forcibly displaced people from Nagorno Karabakh had arrived in Armenia,” Nazeli Baghdasarián, spokesperson for Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinián, wrote on Facebook on Thursday.
According to the Armenian Executive, the majority of displaced people have housing in Armenia or relatives who host them. The rest are placed in hostels, hotels, reception centers and other buildings in the city of Goris, which is located near the border with Azerbaijan.
The flight of Armenians from Karabakh continues despite the fact that Azerbaijan’s president, Ilham Alíev, promised to respect the rights of the enclave’s population.
In Yerevan, the Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinian, has denounced that an “ethnic cleansing” of the mountainous territory takes place.
Source: Ambito
