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Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to a ceasefire, which begins today Saturday (10/10/2020) to exchange prisoners and dead in the conflict between ethnic Azeri and Armenian forces in the Nagorno-Karabkh region. This was relayed directly by Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
Lavrov explained that the decision to carry out a ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan, following the fighting on September 27, 2020, which has killed hundreds of people. The ceasefire started at midnight.
Launching Reuters, Saturday (10/10/2020) Lavrov, who is mediating the negotiations in Moscow, announced a ceasefire at 3 am (midnight local time) after 10 hours of talks with Armenia and Azeri. He also said that Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to start talks to resolve the conflict.
The Supreme Diplomat of Russia added that the International Committee of the Red Cross would also act as an intermediary in humanitarian operations.
However, he did not provide details on the talks, but said that the Organization for Security and Cooperation in the Minsk European Group (OSCE) would intervene.
The resumption of fighting in a decades-long conflict has raised fears of a broader war in Turkey, a close ally of Azerbaijan and Russia, which has a defense pact with Armenia.
The clashes have also raised concerns about the safety of a pipeline that carries Azerbaijani oil and gas to Europe.
The fighting was the worst since the 1991-1994 war that killed some 30,000 people and ended in a ceasefire that was repeatedly violated.
Azerbaijan said on Friday (September 10, 2020) that 31 Azerbaijani civilians had been killed and 168 injured since September 27. It has not released information on military casualties.
Nagorno-Karabakh said its 376 military personnel and 22 civilians had died since the start of the conflict.
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