Azerbaijan repeats “voluntary exodus” claim

Azerbaijan repeats “voluntary exodus” claim

YEREVAN—Azerbaijan continues to insist that the mass exodus of over 100,000 Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh in late 2023 was voluntary, despite widespread evidence and international concern pointing to forced displacement. In an interview with Berliner Zeitung, Hikmet Hajiyev, assistant to the president of Azerbaijan and foreign policy adviser, reiterated Baku’s position: “It was their own decision,” he said, referring to the Armenian population…