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1/2: #Azerbaijan: #Armenia: #Russia: The Armenian evacuation of Nagorno Karabakh is self-defeatist and meritless. Elin Suleymanov, Azerbaijan Ambassador to the UK.

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1/2: #Azerbaijan: #Armenia: #Russia: The Armenian evacuation of Nagorno Karabakh is self-defeatist and meritless. Elin Suleymanov, Azerbaijan Ambassador to the UK.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/armenian-exodus-from-nagorno-karabakh-ebbs-as-azerbaijan-moves-to-reaffirm-control/ar-AA1hyAWH

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0:00.0

This is CBS Eye on the World with John Bacheler. Here's John Bacheler.

0:12.6

The South Caucasus. The South Caucasus is the scene of these last days of reports of the

0:19.1

exodus of Armenian settlers in an area called Nagorno-Karabakh. The reports need explanation

0:26.4

and I welcome Ambassador Aline Suleimanov. He is in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. He

0:32.7

is the ambassador from Azerbaijan to the United Kingdom. And I have enjoyed his interviews

0:38.7

on the BBC these last days. Now I have an opportunity to understand what's happening from the

0:44.7

American point of view as well because the South Caucasus are a very distant land that

0:50.5

has been involved in turmoil and violence at least a century or more and was once under

0:58.0

the control of the Soviet state that exists no longer. That does not, however, settle

1:03.8

the disputes that erupted at the end of the Soviet Union and Nagorno-Karabakh is one

1:08.9

of them. The reports from the region now are promising but require explanation. The

1:14.1

Reuters in these last hours, UN team in Nagorno-Karabakh did not see any damage to hospital schools.

1:21.5

This is Reuters reporting. United Nations team visiting Nagorno-Karabakh in Azerbaijan.

1:27.1

This is Azerbaijan territory. Did not see any damage to civilian infrastructure such as

1:32.4

hospital schools and housing or to cultural and religious sites. The team on Sunday visited

1:38.6

the Karabakh capital known as Steponkart by Armenia and Kakendi by Azerbaijan. The

1:46.1

visit came weeks after Azerbaijan forces took control of the enclave on its territory

1:51.6

populated by ethnic Armenians, triggering an exodus of more than 100,000 Armenians.

1:58.1

And now the AP story. The AP story is also complicated but the ambassador is here to help

2:05.5

us understand it. The headline, Azerbaijan moves to reaffirm control of Nagorno-Karabakh

2:12.5

as the Armenian exodus slows to a trickle. The last bus carrying ethnic Armenians goes to

2:19.2

Kapiti. Left the region Monday, completing a grueling weekend exodus, exodus over 100,000

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