The European Parliament approved a resolution saying it ''considers that the current situation amounts to ethnic cleansing and strongly condemns threats and violence committed by Azerbaijani troops.''
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00:00 Russian peacekeepers on patrol on eerily quiet streets in Karabakh, known as Nagoro Karabakh
00:07 to the many Armenians who fled in recent days. Azerbaijan regained control of the breakaway
00:13 region after a lightning operation last month. As it steadily imposes its control, the European
00:20 Parliament has voiced concern about the situation there. In a strongly worded resolution, the
00:26 Assembly accused Baku of carrying out ethnic cleansing against the Armenian population.
00:32 It condemned what it called threats and violence committed by Azerbaijani troops. Azerbaijan
00:39 has rejected the claims and says it wants Armenians to stay. But they may not be encouraged
00:45 by the ongoing crackdown on the territory's former ruling authority. The arrest of Arieh
00:50 Karatunyan follows the detention of three other senior figures. At least one was held
00:57 while trying to cross the border into Armenia.
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