ArmInfo. Norway will provide an additional NOK 50 million to assist refugees from Artsakh. State Secretary to the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affair Eivind Vad Petersson informed on his account on X.
"Thank you Paruyr Hovhannisyan (Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia, ed. note) for a productive meeting. Supporting Armenia and the refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh, both in the short and long term, is crucial. Norway is pleased to announce a new contribution of NOK 50 million through the offices of UNHCR and UNDP in Armenia for the refugee response," the diplomat wrote.
On September 19, 2023, 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, and more than 200 deaths were reported, including civilians. 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. 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. Today Artsakh is completely de-Armenized; its entire indigenous population, over 100 thousand people, were forced to flee to Armenia under the threat of physical violence.
On September 25, a strong explosion occurred at a fuel depot near Stepanakert. At the time of the explosion, there were a large number of people on site who were queuing for gasoline to leave Artsakh amid the latest Azerbaijani aggression. According to the Investigative Committee of Armenia, an explosion at a fuel warehouse killed 218 people, 215 of them were identified. At least 120 people received injuries of varying severity, mainly in the form of burns. At the moment, according to the investigation, the whereabouts of 21 people are unknown.
After the Azerbaijani aggression, a number of countries sent humanitarian and financial assistance to Artsakh refugees.
Since the enemy aggression that began in the fall of 2020, which ended in September of this year with the complete ethnic cleansing of Artsakh, over 150 thousand Artsakh residents have become homeless.