Karabakh confirms 95,000 residents have returned home so farJanuary 22, 2021 - 12:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) presidential spokesman Vahram Poghosyan has confirmed that 95,000 people – more than 63% of the 150,000 population – have returned to Karabakh after the end of hostilities, Civilnet reports. Armenia's Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Mesrop Arakelyan told lawmakers on Wednesday, January 20 that 95,000 people have so far returned to Karabakh. The Russian peacekeeping contingent, however, has put the figure at a little over 50,000. Poghosyan said Friday that both numbers are correct as 95,000 people have indeed returned to Karabakh. Data provided by the Russian side, however, only includes people who have gone back to the their homes with the peacekeepers' mediation, the spokesman added. "We should also count the many people who have returned to Karabakh by car and have not used the services of the buses. The figures provided by the peacekeepers begin from November 14, but there was a big wave between November 10 and 14," Poghosyan said. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Russian and Azerbaijani Presidents Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev on November 9 signed a statement to end the war in Karabakh after almost 45 days. Under the deal, the Armenian side has returned all the seven regions surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, having lost a part of Karabakh itself in hostilities. Top stories The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. Armenia to sing in 2nd semi-final of Eurovision The organizers of Eurovision 2024 have revealed the running order of the countries in the two semi-finals. |