The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Artsakh asserted that it would not accept a long-term settlement of the conflict that entails any kind of status within Azerbaijan in a September 27 statement. Russia has deployed 2,000 peacekeepers to Armenian-governed Artsakh and the Lachin corridor connecting the territory to Armenia.
In the following weeks, Baku also regained control over three other districts outlying Artsakh, displacing thousands of Armenians from their homes. An estimated 200 Armenian prisoners of war and civilian captives remain imprisoned in Azerbaijan.Ī trilateral ceasefire agreement signed by Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Russian President Vladimir Putin ended military hostilities on Novemand ceded large expanses of territory, including four districts outlying Artsakh and the town of Shushi, to Azerbaijan. The fate of at least 243 soldiers and 20 civilians is still unknown. The republics of Armenia and Artsakh observed a moment of silence at 11:00AM local time in honor of their war dead.Īt least 3,700 Armenian soldiers and 80 civilians were killed during the 44-day war, ignited after Azerbaijan launched a wide scale military offensive along the line of contact with Artsakh. On the one-year anniversary of the start of the devastating 2020 Artsakh War, Armenian officials declared that the conflict remains unresolved while the status of Artsakh is not settled. Yerablur Military Pantheon (Photo: RA Government, September 27)
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