Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced before dawn on October 10 that Armenia and Azerbaijan have reached a ceasefire agreement to halt the fighting over the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh Republic that reignited on September 27. Both Baku and Yerevan sent their top diplomats to Moscow on Friday, October 9, for negotiations under Russian mediation. Foreign Minister Lavrov told the news agency RIA Novosti that the ceasefire talks lasted 10 hours.
Background
- ‘All we need is more weapons’ A Russian TV journalist who came under fire in Nagorno-Karabakh describes the situation on the ground
- Why Nagorno-Karabakh? The history (both ancient and modern) that fuels the deadly conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan
- Putin calls on Armenia and Azerbaijan to halt fighting, exchange bodies and prisoners, and meet in Moscow for talks