MOSCOW (Reuters) -Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Sunday raised the national flag in the capital of the former breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh after a lightning military operation last month brought the territory back under Azerbaijan's control. "President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has raised the national flag of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the city of Khankendi and delivered a speech," the presidential office said.
Azerbaijan's president has raised the national flag over the capital of the former breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan retook the territory last month in a 24-hour lightning military offensive, prompting the vast majority of its ethnic Armenian population to flee. President Ilham Aliyev was pictured raising his nation's flag over the capital, which was known as Khankendi by Azerbaijan and as Stepanakert by Armenians.
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