UN to send mission to Artsakh ‘over the weekend’
The United Nations will send a mission to Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) for the first time in about 30 years following last week's Azerbaijani attack which spurred a mass exodus, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric has said.
“The government of Azerbaijan and the UN have agreed on a mission to the region. The mission will take place over the weekend,” Dujarric told reporters on Friday.
“We haven’t had access there in about 30 years. So it’s very important that we will be able to get in,” he said, adding that the mission would do so by air from Azerbaijan.
“While there, the team will seek to assess the situation on the ground and identify the humanitarian needs for both people remaining and the people that are on the move,” Dujarric noted.
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