Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Armenia, Azerbaijan agree to establish ceasefire starting from Sunday midnight

The US State Department announced on Sunday that Armenia and Azerbaijan have again agreed to respect a "humanitarian ceasefire" in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The decision was taken after Co-Chairs of the Organisation for Security.

Washington: Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to establish a ceasefire in their conflict over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh starting from Sunday midnight (local time), according to the US State Department.

The decision was taken after Co-Chairs of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group (Igor Popov of Russia, Stephane Visconti of France, and Andrew Schofer of the United States of America) had a meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov.

Deputy Secretary of State Stephen E Biegum also attended the meeting.

"The humanitarian ceasefire will take effect at 08:00 am local time (12:00 am EDT) on October 26, 2020," the statement by the State Department read.

The US facilitated "intensive negotiations" among the foreign ministers of the two warring countries and the Minsk Group Co-Chairs to move Armenia and Azerbaijan closer to a peaceful resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the department said.