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kwakakonzera kuparadzwa kukuru uye kuurayiwa kwevanhu vechiArmenian nemauto eAzerbaijan, guta rekare redunhu, Stepanakert, rakaitwa guta guru reNagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO).