The president of the self-proclaimed republic of Nagorno Karabakh, Samvel Shajramanián, today decreed the dissolution of the separatist entity in the territory of Azerbaijan. “All state bodies and organizations dependent on them must be dissolved before January 1, 2024, and the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (Artsakh) ceases to exist,” says the decree collected by Armenian media.

The document signed by Shakhramanyan states that the inhabitants of Nagorno Karabakh, including those who are outside its territory, must take note of the conditions presented by Azerbaijan for reintegration and then “decide individually” whether to remain in Nagorno Karabakh or return to it. .

The dissolution of the self-proclaimed republic of Nagorno Karabakh, by no one recognized, not even by Armeniawas one of the conditions imposed by Azerbaijan to stop the military operationwhich he launched on the 19th against the enclave and which concluded the next day with the capitulation of the Karabakhis.

Representatives of the Azerbaijani Government and the Karabakh Armenians have since held two meetings to address the reintegration of that territory into Azerbaijan.

The capitulation of the Nagorno-Karabakh republic has caused the exodus of Karabakhs to Armenia.

More than half of the enclave’s population, estimated at about 120,000 thousand inhabitantshas left their homes since Sunday and moved to Armenia.

“By 04:00 GMT, 65,036 forcibly displaced people from Nagorno Karabakh had arrived in Armenia,” Nazeli Baghdasarián, spokesperson for Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinián, wrote on Facebook today.

According to the Armenian Executive, the Most of the displaced have housing in Armenia or family members who host them.

The rest are placed in hostels, hotels, reception centers and other buildings in the city of Goris, which is located near the border with Azerbaijan.

The flight of Armenians from Karabakh continues despite the fact that Azerbaijan’s president, Ilham Alíev, promised to respect the rights of the enclave’s population.

In Yerevan, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has denounced that “ethnic cleansing” of the mountainous territory is taking place.