Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to a ceasefire from noon today and to begin “substantive talks” over Nagorno-Karabakh, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said after marathon negotiations in Moscow.
Speaking after 11 hours of talks between the foreign ministers of arch-enemies Armenia and Azerbaijan, Mr Lavrov said the warring sides agreed on a ceasefire from “12 hours 00 minutes on October 10 on humanitarian grounds”.
During the ceasefire – mediated by the International Committee of the Red Cross – the parties will exchange dead bodies and prisoners, Mr Lavrov said, reading from a statement.
“Concrete parameters of the ceasefire will be agreed separately,” the statement said.
Russia’s top diplomat also said that Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to start seeking a lasting solution to the territorial dispute.
“Azerbaijan and Armenia begin substantive negotiations with the purpose of achieving a peaceful settlement as soon as possible,” Mr Lavrov told reporters, adding that such talks will be mediated by the Minsk Group of international negotiators.
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