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Added on the 02/10/2023 12:31:47 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images show the road into the main city of the Nagorno-Karabakh region, known as Stepanakert in Armenian and Khankendi in Azeri. Footage shot from a vehicle by an AFP team, taking part in a press tour organised by Azerbaijan, shows vehicles and civilian buildings along the road into the city. Almost the entire ethnic Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh has fled since Baku recaptured the breakaway enclave. IMAGES
The first civilians are driving through the six-kilometre Lachin corridor, which is Armenia’s sole land link with Nagorno-Karabakh following the Moscow-brokered peace deal that ended six weeks of fierce fighting over the disputed region. Safe passage of people and goods is ensured by Russian peacekeepers. 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 filmed from a car driving on the road as journalists enter to the city of Khankendi, known as Stepanakert in Armenian, at the same time as Azerbaijani officials. The AFP team is reporting from the former breakaway region on a government press tour. IMAGES
Members of the Armenian Church pray for Nagorno-Karabakh refugees at a service held in the St Sargis church in Yerevan. Armenian separatists, who had controlled the region for three decades, agreed to disarm, dissolve their government and reintegrate with Baku following a one-day Azerbaijani offensive last week. Nearly all of Karabakh's estimated 120,000 residents fled the territory over the following days, sparking a refugee crisis. IMAGES
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