Early tallies showed President Aliyev’s significant lead as 54.5 percent of electoral precincts declared results.
The president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, has ordered elections to be held earlier than scheduled.
Marc Lamont Hill challenges the Azerbaijani Ambassador to the United Kingdom on the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Having fled Nagorno-Karabakh, ethnic Armenians say they won’t return as they bank on more support from Yerevan.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan says exodus amounts to ‘ethnic cleansing’, a claim Azerbaijan strongly rejects.
Armenia meanwhile asked the World Court to order Azerbaijan to withdraw its troops from civilian areas for UN access.
It has been disputed for decades, but the region is now under Azerbaijan’s control.
After two major wars and a recent lightning Azerbaijani offensive, the self-styled republic will be dissolved.
These were the updates on the events in Nagorno-Karabakh on Thursday, September 28, 2023.
Authorities of the self-styled Republic of Artsakh order the dismantling of all of its state institutions.
Billionaire businessman Ruben Vardanyan served as head of the regional government for several months.
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Ethnic Armenians fleeing from breakaway region to Armenia give harrowing accounts of escaping death, war and hunger.
Azerbaijani experts and residents of the capital on whether ethnic Armenians and Azerbaijans can ever live in harmony.
Armenia says at least 28,120 ethnic Armenians from breakaway region entered the country after Azerbaijan’s offensive.
