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Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to a ceasefire for the exchange of prisoners of war and other detainees and corpses.
Following the talks in Moscow, Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh starting at 12:00 on October 10. This was reported by the representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, on Facebook.
The parties agreed on four points:
- Ceasefire from 12:00 on October 10, 2020 for humanitarian purposes for the exchange of prisoners of war and other detainees and corpses, mediated and in accordance with the criteria of the international red cross.
- In addition, the specific parameters of the ceasefire regime will be agreed.
- The Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Armenia, through the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, on the basis of the basic principles of settlement, are initiating substantive negotiations to achieve a peaceful settlement as soon as possible.
- The parties confirm the invariability of the format of the negotiation process.
Talks between the heads of the foreign ministries of Armenia, Azerbaijan and the Russian Federation began on October 9 in Moscow and ended on the night of October 10. They lasted about 11 hours.
On September 27, 2020, the biggest conflict in recent years broke out in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry accused Armenia of “large-scale provocation”, shelling of Azerbaijani army positions and announced the beginning of a “swift counteroffensive”. The Armenian authorities, in turn, stated that the Azerbaijani army had launched an offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh. During the conflict, the parties used tanks, heavy artillery and aircraft.
There were reports of soldiers and civilians killed and injured.
Martial law was introduced both in Armenia and in certain regions of Azerbaijan. Both countries involved in the conflict announced mobilization.
On October 3, Armenia announced that Azerbaijan launched a full-scale offensive, that the self-defense groups of the unrecognized republic managed to stop.
On 4 October, rockets and artillery were fired at various Azerbaijani settlements, including the cities of Ganja, Mingechevir and Terter. The leadership of the unrecognized republic of Nagorno-Karabakh claimed responsibility for the bombing.
On October 6, Azerbaijan announced its readiness to provide humanitarian corridors for Armenian citizens in the conflict zone.
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