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Armenian FM resigns amid turmoil over Nagorno-Karabakh truce

Armenian FM resigns amid turmoil over Nagorno-Karabakh truce By AVET DEMOURIANNovember 16, 2020 GMT YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) Armenia’s foreign minister resigned Monday amid political turmoil that has engulfed the country following a cease-fire deal for the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh that calls for ceding territory to longtime adversary Azerbaijan. The Moscow-brokered truce halted fighting that killed hundreds and possibly thousands in six weeks, but it stipulated that Armenia turn over control of some areas its holds outside Nagorno-Karabakh’s borders to Azerbaijan. Nagorno-Karabakh lies within Azerbaijan but has been under the control of ethnic Armenian forces backed by Armenia since a separatist war there ended in 1994. That war left not only Nagorno-Karabakh itself but substantial surrounding territory in Armenian hands.

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