Armenia, Azerbaijan agree to 'humanitarian ceasefire' under Russia brokered deal

In a significant development, Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to a ceasefire starting on October 10 midnight and “substantive” talks over contested region of Nagor-Karabakh, Russin foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday.

breakthrough came after Russia brokered 10-hour long peace talks between two erstwhile Soviet states. A  violent conflict between two nations started on September 27 and has since n resulted in deaths of hundreds of people.

According to Al Jazeera, both parties agreed to a “humanitarian ceasefire”. top diplomats from both countries said in a statement that truce is intended to exchange prisoners and recover de, ding that specific details will be agreed on later, Associated Press reported.

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new fight, which erupted on September 27, is considered to be heaviest in deces. Hundreds of people have been killed in past week, including over 40 civilians. Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict has raised international concern about stability in South Caucasus, a region zig-zagged with pipelines that Azeri oil and gas to world markets. 

With fears of clashes expanding into an all-out multi-front war, global leers were daunted at possibility of fighting spilling over to or regional powers — Turkey and Russia. While Ankara is Azerbaijan’s strongest supporter, Moscow, on or hand, has a military base in Armenia. Earlier, Armenia even accused Turkey of supplying fighters to conflict out of rrn-Syria. 

Meanwhile, thousands of people are fleeing to sourn Armenia to escape conflict in region. Foot from British brocaster Sky News showed ethnic Armenians arriving in  Goris on October 4 carrying all ir possessions as men left for front lines.

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