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Michael Novakhov's favorite articles on Inoreader Armenian PM hopes ethnic Armenians can remain in Nagorno-Karabakh posted at 11:39:03 UTC   via   theguardian.com Armenia’s prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, has expressed hopes that ethnic Armenians can stay in  Nagorno-Karabakh  amid fears that Azerbaijan, which says it controls the region after a military offensive this week, is seeking to push out tens of thousands of people. Speaking during a government meeting in Yerevan, Pashinyan said  Armenia  would welcome ethnic Armenians who lived in the breakaway region but mass resettlement would only happen if it became impossible for Karabakh Armenians to remain there. About 120,000 ethnic Armenians live in the South Caucasus enclave, which is recognised internationally as part of  Azerbaijan  but had largely been under ethnic Armenian control since 1994.   Selected Articles - The News And Times - 7:59 AM 9/22/2023 Armenian PM hopes ethnic Armenians can remain in Nagorno-Karabakh Armen

  Michael Novakhov's favorite articles PM Pashinyan notes case in which Karabakh Armenians might move to Armenia posted at 07:27:08 UTC   via   news.am The transfer of our compatriots from Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia may take place in the conditions when it is recorded that it is impossible for our compatriots to stay in Nagorno-Karabakh; that is, if this situation continues. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this at Friday’s Cabinet meeting of the Armenian government. "We assess that this impossibility exists at the moment. If the situation does not improve, that situation will be on the agenda of all of us. But also, I want to inform that back on September 19, that is, the day of the start of [Azerbaijan’s military] operations [in Nagorno-Karabakh], I gave an instruction to Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Khachatryan to discuss with his government colleagues how, where, and with what we will assist our compatriots in the event of a possible flow of people to Armenia. More t