A United Nations mission arrived in Nagorno-Karabakh on Sunday for the primary time in over 30 years, in accordance with Azerbaijan officers.
The mission arrives as a majority of Armenians there traveled towards their homeland, after Baku final week freed the territory from three-decade occupation by Armenian separatist teams.
An Azerbaijani presidency spokesman advised AFP {that a} “U.N. mission arrived in Karabakh on Sunday morning” – primarily to evaluate humanitarian wants.
It marks the primary time in about 30 years that the worldwide physique has gained entry to the area.
The Armenian separatists agreed to disarm, dissolve their authorities and reintegrate with Baku following a one-day Azerbaijani offensive final week.
Baku is now holding reintegration talks with separatist leaders whereas, on the similar time detaining some senior figures from its former authorities and army command.
Nearly all of Karabakh’s estimated 120,000 Armenians left over the next days, regardless of Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev’s pledges that his nation would shield their rights, according to the nation’s legal guidelines and worldwide obligation.
Earlier Friday, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies introduced an emergency attraction for 20 million Swiss Francs ($22 million) to assist these fleeing.
Azerbaijani President Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, in the intervening time, are set to fulfill on Thursday within the Spanish metropolis of Granada for Western-mediated talks geared toward ending their historic enmity.
On Sept. 19, Azerbaijan launched a counterterrorism operation to “restore constitutional structure” in Karabakh, almost three years after combating a quick however brutal conflict with Armenia over the mountainous area.
Source: www.dailysabah.com