Nearly 3,000 people have entered Armenia from Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan launched « counterterrorism activities » in the breakaway region on September 19, the Armenian government said on Monday.
« As of September 25, 6:00 am [02:00 GMT], 2906 forcibly displaced persons entered Armenia from Nagorno-Karabakh. Of these, registration information for 2100 have been summarized, and the need assessment of 794 is still in process, » the Armenian government said in a statement. The statement added that nearly 1,000 out of the 2,100 registered individuals arriving in Armenia « wanted to go to places of residence decided by themselves » and 1,100 others were accommodated in government-provided housing.
