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In the conflict in the South Caucasus region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia and Azerbaijan are making a new attempt to cease fire. On Sunday night at midnight local time (10 pm CEST), a “humanitarian ceasefire” should take effect. The foreign ministries of both countries announced it in the same wording.
A week ago, hostile countries agreed to a ceasefire with the mediation of Russia. However, this agreement was broken shortly after its entry into force. Both countries blamed each other for this. The rocket attacks also killed at least 13 people on Saturday and many more were injured.
In the evening, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov telephoned his colleagues in Armenia and Azerbaijan. He urged both countries to adhere to the ceasefire.
Decades of conflict in the region
The two former Soviet republics have been fighting for decades over the mountainous region, which is home to some 145,000 people. Armenia controls Nagorno-Karabakh, but under international law it belongs to Islamic Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan lost control of the area in a war that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union some 30 years ago. Since 1994 there has been a fragile ceasefire.
