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"In the past few days there has been a steady stream of ethnic Armenians
fleeing the contested region of Narogno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan launched a 24-hour
assault on the Armenian enclave, which is surrounded by Azerbaijani territory,
on September 19 and, following a ceasefire brokered the following day, refugees
have been allowed to leave via the narrow Lachin corridor, which connects the
enclave with Armenia.
As of September 27, it was estimated that nearly 30,000 people had made the
crossing since it was opened on September 24. It is expected that many of the
estimated 120,000 Karabakhi Armenians will leave for Armenia. Meanwhile, at
least 68 people were killed and about 350 injured in an explosion at a petrol
station in the enclave’s main highway out of Stepanakert, its capital.
The Armenian prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, has accused Azerbaijan of ethnic
cleansing in the region – something denied by Azerbaijan which described the
conflict as an “anti-terror” operation and said that the majority Armenian
population would be integrated into Azerbaijan and their rights respected.
But it appears that the exodus of dispossessed Armenians will continue and they
are an angry population. They are angry at Azerbaijan for the shelling which
forced them to flee. They are angry at Turkey for supporting and arming
Azerbaijan. Oddly, they are not angry at Russia whose lack of attention
emboldened Azerbaijan to take action against them. In fact, some of the
refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh are expected to make their way to Russia via
Armenia."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
