Updated: October 10, 2020 8:12:25 am
Pigeons fly near the Cathedral of the Holy Mother of God in Stepanakert during a military conflict in the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh on Friday, October 9, 2020. Armenia and Azerbaijan say they agreed to a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karbakh to starting at noon. Saturday. (AP Photo)
Armenia and Azerbaijan say they agreed to a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karbakh starting at noon on Saturday.
Top diplomats of the two countries said in a statement that the truce is meant to exchange prisoners and recover the dead, adding that specific details will be agreed later.
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The announcement follows 10 hours of talks between diplomats in Moscow, which were sponsored by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Lavrov said the ceasefire should pave the way for talks on settling the conflict.
The latest outbreak of fighting between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces began on September 27, killing hundreds in the largest escalation of the decades-long conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh. The region is located in Azerbaijan, but has been under the control of Armenian ethnic Armenian forces backed by Armenia since the end of a separatist war in 1994.
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The talks between the Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers were held at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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