GORIS, Armenia ¨C Albert Petrosyan strapped his son¡¯s wheelchair and a few bags to the roof of his ancient Russian-made car ahead of another long drive after fleeing his home in Nagorno-Karabakh this week and spending just one night in a hotel in this Armenian town.
Petrosyan, 71, his wife Geghetsik, 65, and their 30-year-old son Agasi, who uses a wheelchair and has severe learning difficulties, are among more than 70,000 ethnic Armenians to have fled Karabakh so far since Azerbaijani forces retook the mountainous region last week in a lightning offensive.
¡°We will never return (to Karabakh). We¡¯ll never be able to,¡± said Petrosyan, a retired mechanic. ¡°It¡¯s impossible to live with Azeris.¡±
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