Truce agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed to a ceasefire starting at 12:00 noon local time (11:00 Greek time) in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, said Russian diplomacy after marathon talks in Moscow between the two foreign ministers. Exteriors. and mediation by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

“A ceasefire will be announced from 12:00 noon on October 10, 2020 for humanitarian purposes,” Lavrov said at 3 am today, reading the joint statement after talks that lasted more than 10 hours.

The Russian Foreign Minister stressed that the truce will allow “the exchange of prisoners of war, other people and the bodies of those killed in the conflict …”, noting that the International Committee of the Red Cross will act as a mediator in the humanitarian operation.

Azerbaijan and Armenia have also committed to “substantive negotiations to achieve a rapid peaceful resolution” of the conflict mediated by the co-chairs of the Minsk Group, said the Russian Foreign Minister, adding that “the implementation of the agreed later.

The 10-hour talks in Moscow were the first diplomatic contact between Armenia and Azerbaijan since September 27, when Armenian separatists from the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic began, with the support of Armenia, and Azerbaijani forces. two countries, resulting in hundreds of people.

Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers Zograb Mnatsakanyan and Jeyhun Bairamov did not comment to reporters after the talks.

Sources: AMPE, Reuters, AFP, Sputnik, Anadolu