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A temporary ceasefire agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan enters into force, after two weeks of violent battles in the Nagorno-Karabakh region and after Moscow-sponsored negotiations.
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Some residents began to leave their homes after being caught in the crossfire.
A temporary ceasefire agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan entered this afternoon, Saturday, after two weeks of intense fighting in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, which will allow the cessation of fighting, the exchange of prisoners and the recovery of bodies. of the victims.
Before the ceasefire, Armenia and Azerbaijan exchanged accusations of continuous bombardments, battles and the launching of missiles and drones.
The mediator of the unilaterally declared Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh, Bulgarian Artak, said in a tweet on “Twitter” that “a few minutes ago, Azerbaijan again bombarded civilian areas in Stepanakert with missiles,” explaining that “no information has yet been received about the victims”.
He added: “Baku is using the same method of war crimes until the last moment.”
“Agence France-Presse” reported that two explosions were heard this morning, Saturday, after Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to a temporary ceasefire, starting at 12:00 local time.
On the other hand, the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan announced that Armenia “is bombing densely” populated areas, noting that Armenia “flagrantly violates the ceasefire and intensively bombards the areas of Granboy, Tirter, Older, Akjabradi and Fizul … and Azerbaijan is taking steps to respond in the same way.
The agency said, “Agence France Presse”, calm suddenly returned to Stepanakert, the provincial capital, where the sirens sounded before the entry into force of the agreement.
Some residents began to leave their homes, after they were forced to stay with them during mutual shelling.
And Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced the agreement on the timing of the fighting, after talks that lasted for more than 10 hours in the Russian capital between the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia.
Lavrov said after the marathon talks that the ceasefire “will allow the two sides to exchange prisoners and corpses, killed in the fighting, through the International Committee of the Red Cross.”
The renewed military clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan on September 27, in the most violent round of the 30-year conflict, in which the two sides exchanged accusations of fueling the conflict.
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