Azerbaijani soldiers raise nation's flag in Lachin

Lachin was ceded as a part of a Russian-brokered peace deal signed on November 9 following six weeks of intense fighting over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh territory.

Lachin: Azerbaijani soldiers raised their national flag in Lachin on Tuesday, signifying the handover of the last of three areas by Armenia as part of a ceasefire which ended the countries' recent conflict.

A video released by Azerbaijan's Defence Ministry showed soldiers raising the national flag in Lachin.

The truce stipulated that Armenia hand over control of three regions it holds outside Nagorno-Karabakh's borders to Azerbaijan - Kalbajar, Aghdam and Lachin.

Nagorno-Karabakh lies within Azerbaijan but has been under the control of ethnic forces backed by Armenia since a separatist war there ended in 1994.

Recently, heavy fighting reignited in the region on September 27, marking the biggest escalation of the decades-old conflict between the two ex-Soviet nations in more than 25 years, killing hundreds of people.

AP

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