Armenians hold placards and national flags during a demonstration outside Downing Street in London on Sept. 30, 2023 to protest against Azerbaijan's offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh. (Credit: Henry Nicholls/AFP)
ROME — Armenia has asked the European Union for assistance to help it deal with refugees arriving from Nagorno-Karabakh since Azerbaijan took back control of the region last week, the office of Italy's prime minister said on Saturday.
Nagorno-Karabakh is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan but is populated mainly by Armenian Christians who set up the self-styled Republic of Artsakh three decades ago after a bloody ethnic conflict as the Soviet Union collapsed.
More than 100,000 refugees have arrived in Armenia since Azerbaijan launched a military operation to retake control of Nagorno-Karabakh, the head of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said late Friday.
Armenia has asked the EU for temporary shelters and medical supplies, the Italian prime minister's office said in a statement, adding that Rome working to promote stabilisation in the region.
Union for assistance to help it deal with refugees arriving from
Nagorno-Karabakh since Azerbaijan took back control of the
region last week, the office of Italy's prime minister said on
Saturday.
Nagorno-Karabakh is internationally recognized as part of
Azerbaijan but is populated mainly by Armenian Christians who
set up the self-styled Republic of Artsakh three decades ago
after a bloody ethnic conflict as the Soviet Union collapsed.
More than 100,000 refugees have arrived in Armenia since
Azerbaijan launched a military operation to retake control of
Nagorno-Karabakh, the head of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR)
said late Friday.
Armenia has asked the EU for temporary shelters and medical
supplies, the Italian prime minister's...
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