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After the failure of the first ceasefire agreement between them, Baku and Yerevan reached a second “humanitarian armistice”, starting at midnight on Sunday. The foreign ministries of both countries confirmed the ceasefire agreement.
The Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministries announced the two countries’ agreement on a “humanitarian truce” starting at midnight Sunday, after nearly three weeks of fighting in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
This is the second attempt by the conflicting parties to declare Stop the fire End nearly three weeks of fighting that left hundreds dead.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia said in a statement: “The Republic of Armenia and the Republic have agreed Azerbaijan In a humanitarian truce from October 18 at midnight local time ”. The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry confirmed the move in a similar statement.
The announcement came after Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called his Armenian and Azerbaijani counterparts and affirmed the “need for strict compliance” with the ceasefire agreement agreed in Moscow on Saturday, according to a statement. of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia.
The Russian Foreign Ministry added that ministers stressed the importance of initiating “constructive” dialogues to resolve the conflict.
Last Saturday, Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to a ceasefire after 11 hours of talks negotiated by Lavrov in Moscow, but the two sides later exchanged accusations of violating the agreement.
Nagorny Karabakh is a separatist region affiliated with predominantly Armenian Azerbaijan, supported by Yerevan, and has witnessed bloody clashes since September 27.
According to an unofficial partial balance, more than 700 people died in the armed clashes.
The western mountainous region of Azerbaijan has been under the control of Armenian separatists since the declaration of a ceasefire in 1994 after a war that left 30,000 dead.
France 24 / AFP
