Armenia is beginning to hand over disputed territory to Azerbaijan as part of the peace accord that ended the six weeks of fierce fighting over the disputed Naorno-Karabakh region. Residents of the Kalbajar district, one of the seven districts adjacent to Nagorno-Karabakh, which has been controlled by ethnic Armenians for decades, began a mass exodus from the mountainous area in the days leading up to the official withdrawal date of November 15, however, Azerbaijan agreed to extend the deadline and allow Armenians 10 more days to vacate. Residents were seen piling their belonging into vehicles before leaving for Armenia. Some of the ethnic-Armenians said they had exhumed graves they feared would be desecrated by Azerbaijanis. They even set their homes on fire before they left, preferring to leave devastation in their wake and uninhabitable homes.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/15/armenia-cedes-disputed-land-to-azerbaijan-after-peace-deal
Serena Merhebi
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