Armenia says more than 1,000 people have entered the country from Nagorno-Karabakh

People, including refugees from the Nagorno-Karabakh region, gather at an Armenian checkpoint in the village of Kornidzor, Armenia on September 24, 2023. © Irakli Gedenidze, Reuters

The Armenian government said late on Sunday that a total of 1,050 people had crossed into the country from Nagorno-Karabakh, an enclave in Azerbaijan populated mainly by ethnic Armenians.

"As of 22:00 (1800 GMT), 1050 people entered Armenia from Nagorno-Karabakh," the government said in a statement.