The deadly blast occurred as thousands of ethnic Armenians fled the breakaway enclave after their fighters were defeated by Azerbaijan in a lightning military operation.
In an exclusive interview with the Jerusalem Post, Azerbaijan’s ambassador to Israel, Mukhtar Mammadov, discusses how Baku views its current situation.
Thousands of ethnic Armenians fled the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh by Monday after their fighters were defeated by Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan says it will guarantee their rights and integrate the region but the leadership of the Armenians in Karabakh stated that they would leave.
The Armenians of Karabakh, which is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, were forced to declare a ceasefire earlier this week.
Azerbaijan claimed it was carrying out anti-terrorist activities after a mine killed six people in the contested Nagorno-Karabakh.
There appeared to be no immediate response to the offer from Azerbaijan.
Russia has maintained peacekeepers in the region since a 2020 war in which Azerbaijan seized back significant amounts of territory it had lost to Armenian forces in the 1990s.
In recent months, Russia has publicly backed Azerbaijan's claim to Nagorno-Karabakh and blamed Armenia for the ongoing blockade of separatist-held Karabakh.
Armenia and Azerbaijan have fought two wars in the past 30 years over Nagorno-Karabakh.
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