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Azerbaijan envisages amnesty for Karabakh fighters who bid farewell to arms.
An adviser to the president of Azerbaijan told Reuters that the country is considering granting amnesty to Armenian Karabakh fighters who surrender their weapons. However, Karabakh military formations have stated they will continue their resistance, according to the adviser.
“Even concerning former militaries and combatants, if they can be classified in such a way, and even for them, we are envisaging an amnesty or alluding to an amnesty as well,” Hikmet Hajiyev, a foreign policy assistant to the president of Azerbaijan, told Reuters. “We are envisaging an amnesty or alluding to an amnesty as well.”
“Right now, we are observing that some individual army groups and officers have made public statements that they won’t come to our terms and will continue resistance,” he said. “This is something that we are seeing.”
He stated that Armenians living in Karabakh needed humanitarian assistance and that three shipments would be sent to the territory on Friday. According to what he said, Azerbaijan is interested in the peaceful reintegration of Karabakh Armenians.