Russia Says Karabakh Armenian Fighters Start Giving Up Arms

Russia Says Karabakh Armenian Fighters Start Giving Up Arms
Russian peacekeepers drive trucks in direction towards the Armenia-Azerbaijan border and Nagorno Karabakh region near the village of Kornidzor, Armenia, on Sept. 23, 2023. Irakli Gedenidze/Reuters
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NEAR KORNIDZOR, Armenia—Russia said that Armenian fighters in the breakaway region of Nagorno Karabakh had started to give up arms as some humanitarian aid reached the 120,000 Armenians there who say the world has abandoned them after Azerbaijan defeated their forces.

The Armenians of Karabakh, which is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, were forced to declare a ceasefire on Sept. 20 after a lightning 24-hour military operation by the much larger Azerbaijani military.