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An ethnic Armenian soldier stands guard next to Nagorno-Karabakh's flag atop of the hill near Charektar in the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh at a new border with Kalbajar district turned over to Azerbaijan

AZERBAIJANI troops occupied Kalbajar, territory previously controlled by the ethnic Armenian Republic of Artsakh enclave, today.

The area is one of several regions adjoining the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh area which have been handed to Azerbaijan as part of a truce negotiated by Russia.

The handover was delayed from November 15 because worsening weather made the withdrawal of “Armenian soldiers and civilians” along the single mountain track connecting the region with Armenia more difficult, Azerbaijani officials said.

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