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Aid shipments and evacuations as Azerbaijan reasserts control over Nagorno-Karabakh

An AFP reporter in Stepanakert said food, water, medicine and fuel were scarce © Russian Defence Ministry via AFP

More badly needed humanitarian aid was on its way to the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh via both Azerbaijan and Armenia on Saturday. The development comes days after Baku reclaimed control of the province and began talks with representatives of its ethnic Armenian population on reintegrating the area, prompting some residents to flee their homes for fear of reprisals. 

The aid shipments and evacuations followed Azerbaijan's monthslong road blockade of the region that led to food and fuel shortages, and Baku's subsequent lightning military offensive this week. 

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