Oct.10 (EIRNS) — A ceasefire agreement in Nagorno-Karabakh was implemented on Oct.10 at 12:00 noon Moscow time (09:00 UTC) as a result of talks between Armenian and Azerbaijan foreign ministers hosted by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. “A ceasefire is declared to begin on Oct. 10 at 12:00 [Moscow time] with the humanitarian aim of exchanging prisoners of war and other captured persons as well as to exchange bodies of victims with the facilitation of the International Committee of the Red Cross and in line with its regulations,” Lavrov stated early today citing a joint statement, signed by the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan. “Detailed parameters of the ceasefire regime will be agreed upon in the near future,” the Russian minister stated citing the signed document. The sides also agreed to begin talks on the peace settlement in Nagorno-Karabakh.
“The Republics of Azerbaijan and Armenia, with the mediation of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs and based on the principles of conflict settlements, begin practical negotiations with the main task of reaching the peace settlement as soon as possible,” the statement said.
The three-way talks among the Russian, Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers Sergey Lavrov, Jeyhun Bayramov, and Zohrab Mnatsakanyan began Friday afternoon Oct. 9, and lasted more than 10 hours, concluding after 2:00 a.m. on Saturday in Moscow (23:00 UTC Oct. 9].
