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Added on the 26/09/2023 09:34:09 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
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
Thousands rally in Stepanakert, the biggest city in - and capital of - the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, to protest the blockade of the only land link to Armenia. For almost two weeks, Azerbaijani activists have blocked the Lachin corridor in protest over what they claim is illegal mining in the area, but Yerevan has accused Baku of staging demonstrations and creating a humanitarian crisis in the mountainous enclave. Armenia and Azerbaijan, both ex-Soviet states, have fought brutal wars over the Karabakh region in recent decades. IMAGES
EU lawmakers approve a resolution that accuses Azerbaijan of carrying out "ethnic cleansing" against the Armenian residents of Nagorno-Karabakh, and urges the bloc to impose sanctions on Baku. According to the resolution, the European Parliament "considers that the current situation amounts to ethnic cleansing and strongly condemns threats and violence committed by Azerbaijani troops". IMAGES
Images show abandoned cars along the Lachin Corridor road that connects Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia and which some one hundred-thousand Armenians moved down as they fled the breakaway enclave, according to a count by the Armenian authorities. IMAGES
Images filmed from a car driving on the road as journalists enter to the city of Khankendi, known as Stepanakert in Armenian, at the same time as Azerbaijani officials. The AFP team is reporting from the former breakaway region on a government press tour. IMAGES
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