The announcement amounted to a formal surrender of the breakaway territory, a pivotal area at the crossroads of great power interests in the Caucasus.
The decree said that residents should make their own decisions about whether they wanted to live under Azerbaijani rule or leave.
The government of Armenia said on Thursday that more than 68,000 forcibly displaced people had left the breakaway state to seek safety in Armenia.
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