Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh. Minutes after it entered force at noon (0800 GMT), Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other of breaching the ceasefire with new attacks. The announcement of the truce followed 10 hours of talks in Moscow sponsored by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who read the statement. The talks between the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan were held on invitation from Russian President Vladimir Putin, who brokered the ceasefire in a series of calls with President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian. The Azerbaijani military, in turn, accused Armenia of striking the Terter and Agdam regions of Azerbaijan with missiles.

Source: Irish Independent October 10, 2020 09:33 UTC