Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: US-mediated Armenia, Azerbaijan agree on ceasefire for third time in a month

Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to a third ceasefire in a month in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, mediated by the United States.



According to the US State Department, the agreement was reached after lengthy negotiations and the ceasefire will begin on Monday morning.

Two more such ceasefire agreements were signed this month but were later violated by both countries.

The fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan began on September 27 in the disputed mountainous region of Nagorno-Karabakh but has intensified in recent days.


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In a joint statement issued by the United States on Sunday, the governments of Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed that the "humanitarian ceasefire" would take effect at 8:00 a.m. local time on Monday.

The announcement came after consultations between US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Begin, Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Natsakanian, and his Azerbaijani counterpart Jehan Bairamov.

On Friday, the foreign ministers of the two countries met with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Washington.

US President Donald Trump recently congratulated all parties in a tweet.


Other mediators from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) will discuss tensions in the region at a meeting on Thursday.

Earlier, two Russian-brokered ceasefires failed.

Nagorno-Karabakh is an area that is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, but has a majority of Armenians. Hundreds of people have been killed in the fighting so far.


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