Day: September 20, 2023
The government of Nagorno-Karabakh has announced that they have accepted a ceasefire proposal, a day after Azerbaijan launched an attack on Nagorno-Karabakh to ‘restore the constitutional structure of the Republic of Azerbaijan’.
According to an announcement by the authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh on 20 September, with the mediation of Russian peacekeepers, an agreement was reached on the complete cessation of hostilities from 13:00. The agreement includes:
- The withdrawal of any armed forces of the Republic of Armenia present.
- The ‘disbandment and complete disarmament’ of the armed forces of Nagorno-Karabakh.
- Issues related to the integration of the region into Azerbaijan and the rights and security of its Armenian population ‘within the framework of the Constitution of Azerbaijan’ will be discussed at a meeting in the central Azerbaijani city of Yevlakh tomorrow, and ‘during subsequent meetings’.
Azerbaijan stated that a ceasefire would be announced at 13:00 with the mediation of Russia. Nagorno-Karabakh also agreed to a meeting with Azerbaijani representatives in Yevlakh, west Azerbaijan, tomorrow.
This article will be updated.
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