He attributed the decision to the “serious situation at the political and security level” after Azerbaijan took control of the area. More than 65,000 people, out of a population of 120,000, have already fled to Armenia.
The authorities of the self-proclaimed Republic of Nagorno Karabakh announced this Thursday an order for its dissolution on January 1, 2024, after more than thirty years of control over the territory and following last week’s military offensive by Azerbaijan, which reintegrated the area.
Nagorno Karabakh President Samvel Shahramanián has signed a decree stating that the self-proclaimed republic will cease to exist on January 1, 2024 due to the “serious situation at political and security levels” and “taking as a priority concerns for the physical security and the vital interests of the people of Artsakh.
The document, published by the Artsakh Presidency through its Telegram account, includes “the dissolution of all state institutions and their subordinate organizations from January 1, 2024, when the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, Artsakh, will cease to exist.”
“The people of Nagorno-Karabakh, including those outside the Republic, must, after the entry into force of this decree, familiarize themselves with the conditions for reintegration set by Azerbaijan, in order to be able to make an independent and individual decision on the possibility to stay in Nagorno. Karabakh. Karabakh,” he emphasizes.
Likewise, it emphasizes that the decision “takes into account the agreement reached with Azerbaijan, mediated by Russian peacekeepers, for the free, voluntary and unrestricted passage of the inhabitants of Nagorno Karabakh, including military personnel who have surrendered their weapons.”
Armenian authorities this Thursday increased the number of displaced people to more than 65,000 who arrived in the country fleeing Nagorno Karabakh following the takeover of the territory by Azerbaijan, representing more than half of the population the country had before the lightning strike last week. Baku offensive.
Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian stated on Sunday that the possibility that the Armenian population of the Nagorno-Karabakh region would move to Armenia as part of the area’s reintegration into Azerbaijan was growing, before warning of the danger of an ‘ethnic cleansing’. “.
Nagorno Karabakh is a region of Azerbaijan populated mainly by ethnic Armenians, sharing a common language (Armenian) and religion (Christians) with Armenia.
Source: EITB
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