BBC Russian Service
Ahead of the transfer of Lachin District to Azerbaijan, following the ceasefire agreement ending the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, some ethnic Armenians fled from the region, despite the Russian supervision over the land corridor passing thorough it. The Russian peacekeepers also set up a post in Aghavno. From 27 November, citing the city's mayor, Narek Aleksanyan, who called on the ethnic Armenian population to flee the region, the Armenian media alleged that "the agreement has been amended," adding that Aghavno, as well as Lachin, the district's administrative center, and Sus, would not be handed over to Azerbaijan. These claims were refuted by the chairman of the Azerbaijan-based Center for Social Research, MP Zahid Oruj. According to "BBC Russian Service" correspondent, Yuri Vekdik, despite Aleksanyan's calls, the vast majority of Lebanese-Armenians inhabitants in Aghavno had fled the town. On 1 December, the Azerbaijani forces, with tanks and a column of trucks, entered the Lachin district, and passed through the Lachin corridor.