Azerbaijan routed region’s forces in 24-hour blitz last week, setting path to ‘reintegration’ talks
A convoy of cars driven by ethnic Armenians leaves Nagorno-Karabakh for Armenia proper. Photograph: Vasily Krestyaninov/APMore than a third of Nagorno-Karabakh’s population have fled into Armenia since Azerbaijan launched an attack on the breakaway region last week, according to Armenia’s government.
The explosion took place as people lined up to fill their cars at a gas station outside Stepanakert, the region’s capital, late Monday. The cause of the blast remains unclear, but Nagorno-Karabakh presidential aide David Babayan said initial information suggested that it resulted from negligence, adding that sabotage was unlikely.Armenian authorities also said that they brought 125 bodies over to Armenia from Nagorno-Karabakh for identification.
US secretary of state Antony Blinken urged Azerbaijan’s president, Ilham Aliyev, to refrain from further hostilities in the region, to provide assurances to its residents and to allow access to an international observer mission. The Azerbaijani military routed Armenian forces in a 24-hour blitz last week, forcing the separatist authorities to agree to lay down weapons and start talks on Nagorno-Karabakh’s “reintegration” into Azerbaijan.
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