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Added on the 16/12/2020 14:28:34 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Armenian police and Russian peacekeepers can be seen on the closed road to Aghdam, the new border line between the Armenian and Azerbaijani sides as Armenian separatists are handing over the district bordering Nagorno-Karabakh as part of a Russian-brokered peace deal to end weeks of fighting in the region. IMAGES
For three decades Azerbaijan's Aghdam district has been under the control of Armenian separatists. As part of the deal, Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh must return the Aghdam, Kalbajar and Lachin districts to Azerbaijan starting on November 20, with a completion deadline of December 1. IMAGES
Crowds gather in London to show support on the second anniversary of the Russian invasion. IMAGES
EU lawmakers approve a resolution that accuses Azerbaijan of carrying out "ethnic cleansing" against the Armenian residents of Nagorno-Karabakh, and urges the bloc to impose sanctions on Baku. According to the resolution, the European Parliament "considers that the current situation amounts to ethnic cleansing and strongly condemns threats and violence committed by Azerbaijani troops". IMAGES
Images show Russian military as part of a peacekeeping force at a checkpoint on the Lachin Corridor in Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan. Nagorno-Karabakh now stands practically empty after almost all ethnic Armenians fled the self-proclaimed republic following Azerbaijan's lightning military offensive in late September. IMAGES