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September 28, 2023

Nagorno-Karabakh's Gov't to Self-Dissolve by Jan. 1 as 50,000 People Flee
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The president of the self-declared Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh says the
government of the contested region will dissolve itself by January 1.
The announcement comes just days after Azerbaijan carried out a military
blitz to seize the territory, which is mostly made up of ethnic
Armenians. Over 50,000 people in Nagorno-Karabakh have fled to Armenia
in recent days - that's more than half of the region's population. On
Wednesday, Azerbaijan arrested the former head of the Nagorno-Karabakh
government as he was trying to cross into Armenia.