Nagorno-Karabakh Crisis: 70% flee as separatist government plans dissolution

More than 70% of NagornoKarabakh’s original population has fled to Armenia as the region’s separatist government said it will dissolve itself and the unrecognised republic inside Azerbaijan will cease to exist by year’s end after a three-decade bid for independence

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By Friday morning 84,770 people had left Nagorno-Karabakh, according to Armenian officials, continuing a mass exodus from the region of ethnic Armenians that began Sunday. The region’s population was around 120,000 before the exodus began.

The moves came after Azerbaijan carried out a lightning offensive last week to reclaim full control over the breakaway region and demanded that Armenian troops in Nagorno-Karabakh disarm and the separatist government disband.