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Azerbaijan-Armenia Row: The United Nations said more than 1 lakh refugees have arrived in Armenia since Azerbaijan’s military operation to take back control of Nagorno-Karabakh. Thousands of people had to face delays of several hours at the border due to heavy traffic.
Filippo Grandi, head of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), said on social media late on Friday (September 29), “Many Armenians are hungry, tired and in urgent need of help. International help is urgently needed. ” Italy said Armenia has asked the EU for temporary shelter and medical supplies to help deal with the refugees.
Stuck on the way to Armenia
Sirnush Sargsyan, a freelance journalist who has been reporting on the exodus of Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh, told Reuters that thousands of people were stranded on the mountainous highway leading to Armenia, cramming their belongings into cars, trucks and tractors. Sargsyan informed that many people need immediate medical assistance. “As you can see, we are still stuck on the road. This migration is already physically unbearable because we have already spent 16 hours on this road. It seems that even in the next 24 hours we Will not be able to reach the border.”
Over 100,000 refugees have now arrived in Armenia from Karabakh.
Many are hungry, exhausted and need immediate assistance.
UNHCR and other humanitarian partners are stepping up their support to the Armenian authorities, but international help is very urgently required.
— Filippo Grandi (@FilippoGrandi) September 29, 2023
Armenians are afraid of Azerbaijani army
After the attack by the Azerbaijani army, the areas of Nagorno-Karabakh have come under the control of the Azerbaijani army. Many of Karabakh’s 120,000 Armenians then began a mass exodus to Armenia, saying they feared persecution despite Azerbaijan’s promises of protection. Nagorno-Karabakh is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, but is predominantly inhabited by Armenian Christians, who established the self-proclaimed Artsakh Republic three decades ago after a bloody ethnic conflict following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Did.
Azerbaijan accused Armenia
One Armenian man said that the world should never believe that we are leaving Artsakh voluntarily. We have fought till the end by sacrificing our blood to protect our country. Azerbaijan said that one of its soldiers was killed by sniper fire from Armenian forces in the border district of Kalbajar, but Armenia has denied the incident.
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