Azerbaijan Extends Deadline For Armenia To Withdraw From Key District Under Karabakh Truce

 

Eurasianet.org: After days of chaos, Armenia and Azerbaijan delay territory handover 

The messy reality on the ground in Kelbajar illustrates the difficulties to come in implementing the general principles of the ceasefire agreement. 

Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed on a last-minute delay of the first territorial handover stipulated in their ceasefire agreement following a chaotic, frantic attempt by Armenians to withdraw. 

According to the Russia-backed agreement signed early in the morning of November 10, Armenian forces were supposed to withdraw from the region of Kelbajar by November 15. 

That gave Armenians less than a week to manage several thorny issues: moving out thousands of Armenian residents of the territory, the status of the only currently operating road leading out of Karabakh, and the fate of a beloved medieval Armenian monastery on the territory. 

Read more .... 

 More News On The Aftermath Of The Armenia - Azerbaijan War 

Azerbaijan delays takeover, denounces fleeing Armenians -- AP 

Azerbaijan Extends Deadline for Armenia to Withdraw from Key District -- VOA 

Azerbaijan Extends Deadline For Armenia To Withdraw From Key District Under Karabakh Truce -- RFE 

Nagorno-Karabakh Residents Feel 'Relieved' at Seeing Russian Peacekeepers Arrive -- Sputnik 

Assassination of PM foiled as Armenia withdraws from Nagorno-Karabakh -- Middle East Eye Armenian Opposition Leader Detained, Accused of Plotting to Kill PM -- VOA 

Armenian leader dismisses FM amid protests over peace deal -- AFP 

Armenian leader calls for halt to violence over peace deal -- AFP 

Armenian PM under increased pressure after “civil war” threat -- Eurasianet.org 

Armenia foreign minister quits as gov’t under fire over ceasefire -- Al Jazeera 

Hundreds of Armenian Servicemen Missing After Nagorno-Karabakh War, PM Pashinyan Says -- Sputnik