Armenia says 28,000 refugees arrived from Nagorno-Karabakh

Published: 07:04 AM, 27 Sep, 2023
Armenia says 28,000 refugees arrived from Nagorno-Karabakh
AFP

 

Armenia on Tuesday said a total of 28,000 refugees have so far arrived from Nagorno-Karabakh, a majority ethnic Armenian breakaway enclave defeated in a lightning offensive by Azerbaijan last week.

"At the moment, 28,000 forcibly displaced persons have crossed into Armenia from Nagorno-Karabakh," Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Khachatryan said in televised comments.

Categories : Travel Tags :

Agence France-Presse is an international news agency.