120 thousand Armenians will leave Karabakh due to fear of ethnic cleansing

120 thousand ethnic Armenians will leave Nagorno-Karabakh because they do not want to live as part of Azerbaijan. This was announced by Advisor to the President of Nagorno-Karabakh Samvel Shahramanyan. According to him, Armenians are afraid of ethnic cleansing.

“Our people do not want to live as part of Azerbaijan. Ninety-nine point nine percent prefer to leave our historical lands,” Babayan said in an interview with Reuters.

He noted that Armenians are afraid of ethnic cleansing. According to him, it is unknown when the Armenians will leave Nagorno-Karabakh along the Lachin corridor, which connects the region with Armenia.

On September 20, Nagorno-Karabakh announced its surrender to Azerbaijan. The main condition for the adoption of a ceasefire was that the Armenian forces located on the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh lay down their arms. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan said that the country is ready to accept all compatriots from Nagorno-Karabakh if ​​necessary, reports TV channel 360.