🇦🇲 The Armenian Foreign Ministry will take all possible measures to protect Ruben Vardanyan's rights and ensure his return. In this regard, the support of the Russian Federation and other international partners is also expected. [RA MFA]

🇦🇲🇹🇷 Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan held a telephone conversation with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan.

🔸 The sided discussed current regional developments and agenda topics.

[RA MFA]

❗️As of 18:00 on September 27, 53 629 forcibly displaced persons have entered Armenia from Nagorno-Karabakh.

❗️As of 08:00 on September 28, 65 036 forcibly displaced persons have entered Armenia from Nagorno-Karabakh.

‼️ David Babayan departs from Stepanakert to Shushi, which is under the control of Azerbaijan.

🗣️ "You all know that I am included in the black list of Azerbaijan, and the Azerbaijani side demanded my arrival in Baku for an appropriate investigation. Today I decided to go from Stepanakert to Shushi," the former Artsakh Foreign Minister wrote on Facebook.

President of Artsakh signed a decree․

🔸"Until January 1, 2024, to liquidate all state institutions and organizations of their departmental subordination, and the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) ceases to exist.

🔸The population of Nagorno-Karabakh, including those outside the republic, after the entry into force of this decree, gets acquainted with the conditions of reintegration presented by Azerbaijan in order to make an individual decision on the possibility of staying in Nagorno-Karabakh or returning to Nagorno-Karabakh in the future."

The decision comes into force from the moment of announcement.

❗️The analysis shows that there will be no more Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh in the coming days. This is a direct act of ethnic cleansing, and something we have been warning the international community about for a long time.

[Nikol Pashinyan]

📌 Last night rescuers found 6 residents of the Martakert district considered missing and transported them to Stepanakert.

❗️As of 10:00 on September 28, 66 500 forcibly displaced persons have entered Armenia from Nagorno-Karabakh.

👨‍⚖️🇦🇿 Criminal case against Ruben Vardanyan was opened in Azerbaijan for

- "illegal crossing of the border of Azerbaijan,
- participation in the formation and organization of the activities of armed associations in Karabakh, their armament,
- for the financing of terrorism."

{NOT CONFIRMED}

🚧 The Azerbaijani Report, citing the country's Ministry of Emergency Situations, reports that on the Shushi-Lachin road, a Kamaz car belonging to Russian peacekeepers carrying 8 tons of gasoline overturned, resulting in a fire.

📌 According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Azerbaijan, as a result of the incident, two cars belonging to Armenian citizens burned down. The fire was extinguished.

❗️As of 12:00 on September 28, 68 386 forcibly displaced persons have entered Armenia from Nagorno-Karabakh.

📌 In the near future, representatives of Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan will meet again in Yevlakh, Azerbaijani news agency APA reports.

📰 It is noted that from the Azerbaijani side, the participant of the previous meetings, MP Ramin Mammadov, will be present at the meeting.

❗️As of 14:00 on September 28, 70 500 forcibly displaced persons have entered Armenia from Nagorno-Karabakh.

🇺🇳 More than 50,000 refugees have arrived in Armenia from Karabakh. Their number increases by the hour. UNHCR convoys with more relief supplies are on the way. We are ready to mobilize additional resources to support the humanitarian efforts of the government and people of Armenia. [Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]

⚖️ The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has called for respect for the rights of former Nagorno-Karabakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan, who was arrested by the Azerbaijani authorities.

🗣️ "We call on the authorities to take all measures to ensure respect for the rights to a proper and fair trial, as required by international human rights law. The rights of Ruben Vardanyan and any other prisoner must be fully respected and protected," Elizabeth Throssell told TASS.

❗️As of 18:00 on September 28, 74 400 forcibly displaced persons have entered Armenia from Nagorno-Karabakh.

❗️As of 20:00 on September 28, 76 407 forcibly displaced persons have entered Armenia from Nagorno-Karabakh.

🗣️ U.S. Agency for International Development has deployed a Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) in the South Caucasus region to coordinate the U.S. humanitarian response. The DART will assess the situation, identify priority needs to scale up assistance, and work with partners to provide urgently needed aid. [Samantha Power, Administrator of USAID]

❗️As of 22:00 on September 28, 78 354 forcibly displaced persons have entered Armenia from Nagorno-Karabakh.