Armenian PM hopes ethnic Armenians can remain in Nagorno-Karabakh

Azerbaijani official meanwhile says civilians will be allowed to travel safely to Armenia and fighters will get amnesty

Armenia's prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, has expressed hopes that ethnic Armenians can stay in Nagorno-Karabakh amid fears that Azerbaijan, which says it controls the region after a military offensive this week, is seeking to push out tens of thousands of people.

Speaking during a government meeting in Yerevan, Pashinyan said Armenia would welcome ethnic Armenians who lived in the breakaway region but mass resettlement would only happen if it became impossible for Karabakh Armenians to remain there.