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On Friday evening, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced in a statement that Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to a ceasefire in the breakaway Nagorno Karabakh region, which is witnessing battles, and to begin “substantive negotiations” to reach a peaceful solution to the conflict. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said after negotiations in Moscow between the foreign ministers of the two countries that a ceasefire would begin “from 12:00 pm on October 10, 2020 with humanitarian purposes “.
Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed to a ceasefire in Separatist Nagorno Karabakh region It begins at noon on Saturday, as announced by the Russian Foreign Ministry after negotiations in Moscow between the foreign ministers of the two countries.
The two countries also agreed to start “substantive negotiations” to reach a peaceful solution to the conflict, according to the same source.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in a statement after the negotiations that a ceasefire would begin “from 12:00 pm on October 10, 2020 for humanitarian purposes.” It indicated that this would allow “the exchange of prisoners of war and other persons and corpses in accordance with the standards of the Committee of the Red Cross.” He said that later an agreement would be reached on “specific criteria” for the ceasefire agreement.
The Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed that Azerbaijan and Armenia will initiate “substantive negotiations with the mediation of the co-chairs of the Minsk Group of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (…) with the aim of reaching a solution peaceful “of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
Negotiations between the Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers continued in Moscow for more than 10 hours and ended early Friday night.
Following continued calls from the international community for a truce, Baku and Yerevan sent their foreign ministers to the Russian capital to begin negotiations, the first hope of ending the fighting that began on September 27.
Clashes broke out again in Nagorno-Karabakh on September 27 between Armenian separatists and Azerbaijani forces in this region claimed by the two countries.
As of Friday morning, the official death toll rose to more than 400, including 22 Armenian civilians and 31 Azerbaijanis. But the death toll may be much higher, as each side announces that it has killed thousands of enemy soldiers and Baku has not announced its military losses.
France 24 / AFP
