Of 19 thousand internally displaced persons from Artsakh, 2,500 have  already been provided with temporary housing - Deputy Prime Minister

ArmInfo. At the moment, 19 thousand internally displaced persons from Nagorno-Karabakh have  already arrived in Armenia through Kornidzor, Deputy Prime Minister, head of the working group to support Artsakh people Tigran Khachatryan said at a press conference on September 26.

According to Khachatryan, over the past three days, more than 2,500  Artsakh residents have been provided with accommodation. Of these,  about 1 thousand Artsakh residents are accommodated in hotels in  Syunik, 500 each in Vayk and Gegharkunik. Accommodation of the  remaining compatriots continues in hotels in Tavush. In addition, in  Goris, at the primary reception point, about 1,200 people are in the  process of being accommodated.

Currently, a detailed accounting of 16 thousand people has been  carried out, of which about 5,500 are persons under 19 years of age.

On September 19, Azerbaijan, under the pretext of an "anti-terrorist  operation," undertook another act of aggression against Artsakh. As a  result of enemy aggression, hundreds of Artsakh residents were  injured, more than 200 deaths were reported, including civilians, and  more than 10,000 were evacuated. On September 20, Artsakh fell.  Azerbaijan began the forcible subjugation of the NKR. On September  22, the process of abolishing the Artsakh Defense Army began. There  were reports that the enemy side exterminated the population of the  villages captured on September 19-20. During search operations from  September 21 to 24, the NKR Ministry of Internal Affairs found the  bodies of 105 Artsakh residents, including brutally murdered children  and elderly people.

The working group led by Tigran Khachatryan was established at the  end of December 2022 with the aim of monitoring humanitarian issues  with the authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh and providing the necessary  urgent support, including with the help of international  organizations.