Azerbaijan says it's delivering food and other humanitarian aid to Nagorno-Karabakh, two days after the region’s ethnic Armenian separatist government called a cease-fire in a short but intense fight with Azerbaijani forces.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan leads a cabinet meeting in Yerevan, Armenia, Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov prepares to address a United Nations Security Council meeting, on the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Thursday Sept. 21, 2023 at U.N. headquarters. Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, center, listens during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Thursday Sept.
Thousands of Nagorno-Karabakh residents flocked to a camp operated by Russian peacekeepers to avoid the fighting, while many others gathered at the airport of the regional capital, Stepanakert, hoping to flee the region. Local residents gather near a local government building after reports of shooting in Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023.
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