More than 80% of Nagorno-Karabakh’s population flees to Armenia

Ethnic Armenians who fled Nagorno-Karabakh embrace upon their arrival in Kornidzor, in Armenia’s Syunik region (Photolure via AP)

More than 80% of Nagorno-Karabakh’s population has fled to Armenia as the region’s separatist government said it will dissolve itself and the unrecognised republic inside Azerbaijan will cease to exist by the end of the year.

The Armenian government said on Friday evening that more than 97,700 people, from a population of around 120,000, had fled to Armenia since Azerbaijan attacked and ordered the region’s militants to disarm.