End of the Nagorno-Karabakh war: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia sign a ceasefire agreement | WORLD

Armenia and Azerbaijan ended the war in Nagorno-Karabakh following the agreement announced by the Prime Minister of Armenia.

Nicole Pasinian said in a statement that she had signed an agreement to end the war in the region, together with the leaders of Azerbaijan and Russia. With Armenia losing ground, Pasinyan decided on Monday night to reach a ceasefire without going into details. Shortly afterwards, the agreement was announced by Russia and Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peshkov.

The text “signed by the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan and the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin” provides for a “complete ceasefire and an end to all hostilities in the Nagorno region. Karabakh “.

Russia and Turkey send peacekeepers

Russia is already deploying an overnight peacekeeping force in the region with 1,960 soldiers airlifted overnight. The news was also confirmed by Vladimir Putin. There will also be a peacekeeping force from Turkey, said Azeri President Aliyev.

The Russian president added in a statement that he hoped that the signed agreement “would create the necessary conditions” for a “long-term and comprehensive solution” of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

According to Putin, the ceasefire went into effect yesterday at 23:00 (Greek time). “On November 9, the President of Azerbaijan (Ilham Aliyev), the Prime Minister of Armenia (Nicole) Pasinian and the President of the Russian Federation (Vladimir Putin) signed a declaration announcing the complete cessation of hostilities and the halt “Nagorno-Karabakh has been in the area since midnight on November 10 Moscow time,” said a statement issued by the Russian presidency in the early hours of the morning.

Aliyev: No more occupation of our lands

The agreement was also confirmed by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. “I am very happy that today the protracted conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan is resolved, the occupation of Azerbaijani territories is ended,” Aliyev said, calling the agreement “historic” and assuring that it will end the bloodshed and lead to the shedding of blood. lasting peace.

Pasiniano: painful treatment

“I have signed the end of the war with the presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan, which has already been published. I made this decision as a result of an in-depth analysis of the military situation and the recognition of the people who best endure the situation. It is also based in the belief that this is the best solution to the situation created. I will send a message about this in the next few days. This is not a victory, but there is no defeat until you know yourself better. We will never think of ourselves as losers and this must become the starting point of our national unity, of the era of rebirth. We must analyze the years of our independence as a plan for the future and not repeat the mistakes of the past. I kneel before all the victims, all our soldiers, officers, generals, volunteers, who protected their homeland with their lives. They saved Artsakh with his personality. We fight to the end. And we will win. Archah bears. “Long live Armenia, long live Artsakh” Armenian Prime Minister Nicole Pasinian said in a statement.

This ends, as everything shows, the war that bloodied the region for almost two months. In the past 24 hours, the Azerbaijani army had retaken areas like Susa, and Pasinyan decided to end the war, saying that “it is not a victory, but not a defeat.”