The Armenian government said Monday that over 100,000 of Nagorno-Karabakh's estimated 120,000 residents have crossed into Armenia.
The bus that entered Armenia carried 15 passengers with serious illnesses and mobility problems, said Gegham Stepanyan, a human rights ombudsman for the former breakaway region that Azerbaijan calls Karabakh. He called for information about any other residents who want to leave but have had trouble doing so.
The Armenian government said Monday that 100,514 of the region's estimated 120,000 residents have crossed into Armenia. "My father told me that he will return when he has the opportunity," Astsetryan told reporters at a checkpoint on the Armenian border. Russian peacekeeping troops could be seen on a balcony of one building in the city, and others were at their base outside it, where their vehicles were parked.
Armenian authorities have accused the Russian peacekeepers, who were deployed to Nagorno-Karabakh after the 2020 war, of standing idle and failing to stop the Azerbaijani onslaught. The accusations were rejected by Moscow, which argued that its troops didn't have a mandate to intervene. Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry strongly rejected Pashinyan's accusations, arguing their departure was"their personal and individual decision and has nothing to do with forced relocation."
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