On April 2, 1993 the Kalbajar district of Azerbaijan was occupied by armed forces of Armenia. Kalbajar, locating beyond the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, was occupied as a result of offensive operation mainly carried out from the territory of Armenia by use of heavy weaponry, Mi-24 helicopter gunships and advanced fixed wing aircrafts of Armenia.
As a result of the occupation, up to
60.000 inhabitants of Kalbajar were subjected to ethnic cleansing and expelled
from their native lands, 511 innocent civilians were killed, and 321 persons
were taken hostage or went missing. Currently, more than 70.000 Kalbajar
residents are temporarily residing in different regions of Azerbaijan as
internally displaced persons (IDPs).
In response to the occupation of the
Kalbajar district, the President of the UN Security Council issued statement on
6 April, 1993. Then, UN Security Council adopted resolution 822, which
reaffirmed “the inviolability of international borders and the inadmissibility
of the use of force for the acquisition of territory” and “demanded immediate
withdrawal of all occupying forces from the Kalbajar district and other
recently occupied areas of Azerbaijan”. Following the adoption of this, the
CSCE Minsk Group worked out the “timetable of urgent steps” to implement the
resolution.
Armenia until now continues to
disregard the implementation demands of the UN SC resolutions.
Photojournalist Khalid Asgarov tells Louise Hidalgo how he and his father were among a column of refugees who fled to safety on a two-day trek over the mountains.
BBC - Listen: Witness History - The Nagorno-Karabakh war
Murov-Kalbajar road. Photographer: Khalid Asgarov
https://www.kalbajar.com/
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