President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed an order on the establishment of Karabakh University in Khankendi.
Sonxeber.az reports that Karabakh University will be established on the basis of the higher education institution located in Khankendi.
The mentioned educational institution started functioning as a branch of Azerbaijan Pedagogical University in 1969, and in 1973 it became an independent educational institution.
In 1991, after the occupation of Khankendi, the university came under the control of the separatist regime.
