Karabakh Armenians say no deal yet with Azerbaijan, first food delivery arrives

FILE PHOTO: Law enforcement officers stand guard outside the government building during a rally to demand the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan following Nagorno-Karabakh surrender, in Yerevan, Armenia, September 21, 2023. Hayk Baghdasaryan/Photolure via REUTERS/file photo

NEAR KORNIDZOR, Armenia (Reuters) -The ethnic Armenian leadership of breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh said on Friday that no agreement had yet been reached with Azerbaijan on security guarantees after this week's Azeri offensive as emergency food deliveries reached the enclave's residents.

The future of Karabakh and its 120,000 ethnic Armenians hangs in the balance: Azerbaijan wants to integrate the long-contested region, but ethnic Armenians say they fear they will be persecuted and have accused the world of abandoning them.