Azerbaijan, Armenia Agree on Truce
Baku / 17.10.20 / Turan: The Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Armenia agreed for a temporary humanitarian truce at 00:00 on October 18.
This is stated in the message of the press service of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry.
This decision was made in accordance with the statements of the Presidents of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing countries of the USA, France and the Russian Federation on October 1, the OSCE MG co-chairs on October 5 and the Moscow statement (Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan, Armenia and the Russian Federation) on October 10. -0-
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