Over 84,700 people cross into Armenia from Karabakh - RIA


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  • Friday, 29 Sep 2023

Vehicles carrying refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh, a region inhabited by ethnic Armenians, queue on the road leading towards the Armenian border, in Nagorno-Karabakh, September 25, 2023. REUTERS/David Ghahramanyan

(Reuters) - More than 84,700 people have crossed into Armenia from Azerbaijan's Karabakh region, the RIA news agency cited Armenia's government as saying on Friday.

The exodus of ethnic Armenians from Karabakh began after the fall of the region's separatist government last week.

(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)

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