The ceasefire is due to take effect at 8 a.m. local time on Monday, the U.S. State Department and the governments of Azerbaijan and Armenia said in a joint statement. The announcement comes after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with foreign ministers from Armenia and Azerbaijan in Washington on Friday. Local officials in Nagorno-Karabakh on Sunday accused Azeri forces of firing artillery on settlements in the areas of Askeran and Martuni during the night. Azerbaijan denied killing civilians and said it was ready to implement a ceasefire, provided that Armenian forces withdrew from the battlefield. Earlier on Sunday during a meeting with defence officials, Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev accused Armenia of bombarding civilian sites and launching two ballistic missiles on the city of Ganja.

Source: CBC News October 25, 2020 19:11 UTC