The separatist leader of Nagorno-Karabakh on Thursday ordered the dissolution of all state institutions by the end of the year, saying the separatist enclave will "cease to exist" from 1 January.
In a decree that was issued as tens of thousands of ethnic Armenians fled in the wake of an assault by Azerbaijan, separatist leader Samvel Shakhramanyan said the state would be dissolved by 1 January, 2024.
