Mass Exodus to Armenia as Nagorno-Karabakh ‘Ceases to Exist’
- Unrecognized administration to dissolve by Jan. 1, decree says
- More than 68,300 people fled amid ethnic cleansing accusations
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Armenian leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh said they’d disband their unrecognized administration and hand power to Azerbaijan after more than half the disputed region’s population fled.
Samvel Shahramanyan, leader of the territory’s Armenian administration, issued a decree saying it would dissolve state institutions and organizations by Jan. 1. That follows an agreement brokered by Russian peacekeepers to end an Azerbaijani military operation to bring the area back under its control.