The go to marks the primary time in about three a long time that the worldwide group has been granted entry to the area.
A United Nations mission has arrived in Nagorno-Karabakh amid a mass exodus of ethnic Armenians from the area after Azerbaijan retook the breakaway enclave final month.
A spokesperson for the Azerbaijani presidency mentioned the UN mission arrived within the area on Sunday morning, primarily to evaluate humanitarian wants.
The mission, led by a senior U.N. support official, is the worldwide physique’s first entry into the area in about three a long time.
Armenia has requested the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice (ICJ) to order Azerbaijan to withdraw all its troops from civilian institutions in Nagorno-Karabakh and permit the UN entry.
The Worldwide Courtroom of Justice ordered Azerbaijan in February to make sure free motion by means of an space often known as the Lachin Hall to and from the area.
The World Well being Group mentioned on Sunday that greater than 100,000 ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh had traveled to neighboring Armenia.
Armenian separatists, who had managed the area for 3 a long time, agreed to disarm, dissolve their authorities and reintegrate with Baku after a one-day Azerbaijani offensive final week.
‘Ghost city with no soul’
The top of Karabakh’s separatist bid dealt a serious blow to a centuries-old dream of Armenians to reunite what they are saying is their ancestral land, which has been divided amongst regional powers because the Center Ages.
Almost all of Karabakh’s estimated 120,000 residents fled the world within the following days, sparking a refugee disaster.
Talking from the town of Nagorno-Karabakh, known as Stepanakert by Armenians and Khankendi by Azerbaijanis, Al Jazeera’s Osama Bin Javaid mentioned tens of 1000’s of individuals have left the world in current days in what can solely be described as a “mass exodus.”
“If I am quiet right here within the metropolis middle, you possibly can’t hear something,” he mentioned. “There’s completely nobody right here anymore, aside from some disabled and aged individuals.”
“A ghost city with no soul,” Javaid mentioned, describing all that has been left behind.
The Azerbaijani presidency mentioned Baku’s migration service within the metropolis has began registering Armenian residents to make sure their “sustainable reintegration … into Azerbaijani society,” promising them the “safety of the Azerbaijani state.”
Nazeli Baghdasaryan, a spokeswoman for the Armenian prime minister, mentioned that “100,490 forcibly displaced individuals arrived in Armenia on Sunday morning.”
Yerevan has accused Baku of “ethnic cleaning” – a declare Baku has rejected.
Armenia, a rustic with 2.8 million inhabitants, faces a serious problem in coping with the sudden inflow of refugees.
The Worldwide Federation of Purple Cross and Purple Crescent Societies on Friday introduced an emergency enchantment for 20 million Swiss francs ($22 million) to assist individuals fleeing.
In the meantime, Azerbaijan is conducting “reintegration talks” with separatist leaders, whereas senior figures from the previous authorities and navy command are additionally being detained.
Azerbaijan’s Lawyer Common Kamran Aliyev mentioned prison investigations have been launched into battle crimes dedicated by 300 separatist officers.
“I urge these people to give up voluntarily,” he informed reporters on Sunday.
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev and Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will meet within the Spanish metropolis of Granada on Thursday for Western-mediated talks geared toward ending their historic enmity.
With relations between the 2 nations poisoned by ethnic hatred ensuing from three wars in as many a long time, a number of rounds of negotiations led by Brussels and Washington have up to now failed to attain a breakthrough.
