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The exodus continues along the Lachin corridor, a mountain road leading out of Nagorno-Karabakh, after the predominantly Armenian enclave fell to the Azerbaijani military last week. On Tuesday, Armenia reported that more than 13,000 refugees had fled the disputed region since Sunday. IMAGES
Images show people confronting riot police in Yerevan, Armenia, amid ceasefire agreement between separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said that Yerevan did not take part in drafting a ceasefire agreement between separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan, but that he hoped it would hold. IMAGES
On the side of the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh, a few Armenian soldiers set up a border checkpoint beside the village of Charektar (Kelbajar district), abandoned by Armenian civilians. Here, the road to Kelbajar district is blocked by a first-line checkpoint. For civilians the road to Kelbajar district is closed by a second checkpoint on the border of the village of Getavan (Martakert district). IMAGES
An Armenian military convoy is seen crossing the Kalbajar district ahead of its handover to Azerbaijan. Armenia is set to handover the Kalbajar district wedged between Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia on November 25 and the Lachin district by December 1, as part of a Russian-brokered peace deal to end weeks of brutal fighting in the region. IMAGES
For three decades Azerbaijan's Aghdam district has been under the control of Armenian separatists. As part of the deal, Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh must return the Aghdam, Kalbajar and Lachin districts to Azerbaijan starting on November 20, with a completion deadline of December 1. IMAGES
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