(FILE) ARMENIA AZERBAIJAN PHOTO SET KARABAKH CONFLICT

Ethnic Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh enclave: a neverending dispalcement since the 90's

epa10893780 (FILE) - Children play in a schoolyard in Martuni, a city of the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, 16 January 2021. (Issued 01 October 2023). The self-declared Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh, is a territory mostly home to ethnic Armenians that the Soviets allocated to Azerbaijan in 1921 and is recognized as Azerbaijani by the international community. Some 120,000 ethnic Armenians of the enclave have, in September 2023, joined again the roads to exodus. Caught in the conflict with Azerbaijan, and after dozens of violence flares since the 1990's, they have repeatedly had to leave their lands and become displaced or refugees in the tens of thousands, losing over the years their homes and thousands of loved ones to direct fighting or to collateral damage. After a ceasefire was agreed on, on 20 September 2023, Azerbaijan opened all the checkpoints with Armenia for the unimpeded exit of civilians from the disputed territory. The Armenian government announced the evacuation of more than 96,000 local residents from Nagorno-Karabakh, and a humanitarian center has been set up near the main route between Armenia and the breakaway region. Nagorno-Karabakh will cease to exist as a self-proclaimed state from 01 January 2024, the region's separatist leader, Samvel Shakhramanyan, announced on 28 September, after signing a decree to dissolve all its institutions. EPA/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON ATTENTION: For the full PHOTO ESSAY text please see Advisory Notice epa09033329 and epa09033330 ATTENTION: This Image is part of a PHOTO SET *** Local Caption *** 56719917

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