Aliyev raises Azerbaijans flag in Khankendi’s Karabakh

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Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev kneeling in front of a national flag of Azerbaijan in the town of Stepanakert, known as Khankendi, in ...

Sharjah 24 – AFP: Azerbaijan's President, Ilham Aliyev, raised the national flag in the city of Khankendi, the capital of the Nagorno-Karabakh region, the presidential office said on Sunday.

The city is known as Stepanakert by Armenians.

Azerbaijan's security forces crushed the region's separatist ethnic Armenian government last month, prompting most of its 120,000 residents to flee to Armenia.

Aliyev raises Azerbaijan's flag in Khankendi’s Karabakh

Sharjah 24 – AFP: Azerbaijan's President, Ilham Aliyev, raised the national flag in the city of Khankendi, the capital of the Nagorno-Karabakh region, the presidential office said on Sunday.

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