The separatist government of Nagorno-Karabakh has announced it will dissolve itself and the unrecognised republic will cease to exist by the end of the year as more than half of the ethnic Armenian population has already fled.
The separatist government of Nagorno-Karabakh says it will cease to exist by January
On Thursday, a decree to that effect was signed by the region's separatist president Samvel Shakhramanyan. Azerbaijan said it is prepared to respect ethnic Armenian rights as it reabsorbs the region, but with a history burdened by folk memories of alleged genocide, ethnic cleansing, pogroms and at least two wars, the Armenians are fleeing in fear.
In 2020, Azerbaijan struck back, reclaiming swathes of land in and around Karabakh in a 44-day war, and setting the stage for last week's conquest.Azerbaijan on Wednesday arrested Ruben Vardanyan, a banker and philanthropist who headed Karabakh's separatist government between November 2022 and February 2023.Its victory and the surrender of Karabakh's weapons change the contours of the South Caucasus, where Russia, the United States, Türkiye and Iran all vie for influence.
Samantha Power, head of the US Agency for International Development , met Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Baku on Wednesday after visiting Armenia.
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