What is the tragic situation in the Nagorno-Karabakh region after the ceasefire?

Local people were forced away and a large number of houses were burned

First of all, everyone knows that Azerbaijan and Armenia went to war over the ownership of the Nagorno-Karabakh region. But you may not know much about what the Nagorno-Karabakh region is like, how big it is, and the story behind it. I will introduce it to you next. First of all, the full name of the Nagorno-Karabakh region is "Nagorno-Karabakh". It covers an area of ??4,400 square kilometers, which is equivalent to the size of two Shenzhens. There are 170,000 people living on this land. Initially, the Nagorno-Karabakh region was generally considered to be part of Azerbaijan internationally. On July 7, 1923, the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast was established under the Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic.

But in the 1980s and 1990s, the Soviet regime had some problems, and the Nagorno-Karabakh region became somewhat complicated. At that time, Azerbaijan may have wanted to quickly occupy this area, which aroused resentment among the locals. At this time, Armenia provided spiritual and material support to the Naka region, and people in the Naka region wanted to side with Armenia. In August 1987, residents of the Nagorno-Karabakh region wrote a petition calling for unification with Armenia and submitted it to Moscow. This petition was signed by tens of thousands of people in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. On February 20, 1988, the Nagorno-Karabakh region’s parliament voted to unify the Nagorno-Karabakh region with Armenia. Later, Armenia and Azerbaijan repeatedly separated due to issues in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. A conflict occurs.

In short, Azerbaijan and Armenia have been fighting for the Naka region for decades. No one is willing to accept the other, but no large-scale war has ever broken out. Until September 27, 2020, a new round of conflict broke out between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, causing a large number of casualties. A military confrontation followed and lasted for several days, but the strength of the two countries was not equal, and Azerbaijan gained the upper hand not long after the war began. First of all, Azerbaijan is backed by Turkey, and Armenia wants to embrace Russia. However, Russia has a good relationship with Azerbaijan, so it has not taken action yet.

Secondly, Azerbaijan has a population of 10 million, while Armenia has only 3.06 million people. This war with great disparity in strength ended in Armenia's defeat. The agreement states that all control of the Nagorno-Karabakh region, except for the peacekeeping area, will be returned to Azerbaijan, and a compensation of 50 billion will be paid to Azerbaijan. Another special thing about the agreement is that Azerbaijan requires all residents of the Nagorno-Karabakh region to move away. In other words, they only want the land in the Nagorno-Karabakh region and not the local people. Maybe Azerbaijan is worried that leaving the local people behind will cause hidden dangers, fearing that they will fight for independence again, so they simply drive them away.

But the people in the Nagorno-Karabakh region have lived here for generations, and now they are suddenly asked to move. Most people are definitely unwilling. But it was useless to object at this time, so the locals burned down their houses and destroyed all the infrastructure before leaving. Because there is only one evacuation route from the Nagorno-Karabakh area, the traffic jam in the Nagorno-Karabakh area is particularly serious during this period.