I le 24 Fepuari, Boris Kevorkov, o le Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous region party secretary ma o se Azerbaijan loyalist, na faʻateʻaina. Na faitio taʻitaʻi Armenia o Karabakh e leʻi i ai ni tusi a le gagana Armenia i aʻoga poʻo le televise, ma o le Failautusi Aoao a le Communist Party o Azerbaijan, Heydar Aliyev, na taumafai malosi e "Azerify" le itulagi ma faʻateleina le aʻafiaga ma le numera o Azerbaijanis o loʻo nonofo i Nagorno-Karabakh, aʻo faʻaititia foʻi lona faitau aofaʻi o tagata Armenia (i le 1987, Aliyev o le a faʻamavae o le Failautusi Aoao o le Azerbaijan's Politburo). E oʻo atu i le 1988, o le faitau aofaʻi o tagata Armenia o Nagorno-Karabakh na faʻaititia i le lata i le tolu-kuata o le aofaʻi o tagata.
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