Pashinyan and Filippo Grandi dsicussed Nagorno-Karabakh refugees' problems

YEREVAN, February 19. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a meeting last Saturday with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi in the framework of the Munich Security Conference, the Armenian government press office reported.

It said the Prime Minister referred to the programs implemented and planned to be implemented in the near future by the Armenian government, including the long-term ones, in the direction of solving the humanitarian problems of the forcibly displaced refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh. Nikol Pashinyan presented the main problems and needs of forcibly displaced refugees.

In this context, the sides exchanged ideas regarding the necessary assistance from the international community, the steps and possibilities of implementing relevant programs.

On September 19, Azerbaijan launched what it called an "anti-terrorist" operation against ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh, also known as Artsakh.

The assault lasted 24 hours and ended with Azerbaijani forces gaining full control of the region for the first time since the 1990s war.

This led to a vast refugee crisis, with entire ethnic Armenians fleeing along the narrow mountain road connecting the region to the Republic of Armenia. -0--