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The number of people forcibly displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh has reached 66,500 (VIDEO)

As of 10:00 a.m., the number of people forcibly displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh was 66,500. Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Khachatryan announced this at the government session.

He said most of these people moved to Armenia in the last two days, "If 9,000 people were displaced on the first two days, September 24 and 25, then the number of displaced people was 22,800 on the 26th of the month and 26,600 yesterday. Tonight, from 12 o'clock to 10 a.m., the number of displaced people was 8100, and the number of these people is not decreasing."

According to Khachatryan, humanitarian points have been established in Goris and Vaik, which work 24 hours a day regarding accommodation issues.

The Deputy Prime Minister also announced that the number of people who found shelter with the government's support is about 11 thousand.