Azerbaijans army says it has entered the district of Aghdam, the first of three to be handed back by Armenia as part of a Russian-brokered peace deal to end the fighting in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Units of the Azerbaijan Army entered the Aghdam region on November 20, Azerbaijans defence ministry said of the district, which had been controlled by Armenian separatists for nearly 30 years.
As part of last weeks peace deal, Armenia agreed to return some 15 to 20 percent of the Nagorno-Karabakh territory captured by Azerbaijan in recent fighting, including the historical town of Shusha.
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