Ethnic Armenians in Azerbaijan’s breakaway area of Nagorno-Karabakh agreed to a Russian proposal for a ceasefire on Wednesday, 24 hours after Azerbaijan started an offensive to take management of the enclave that killed dozens and injured tons of.
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The separatist Armenian forces in Karabakh stated Azerbaijan had damaged by means of their strains and seized a variety of heights and strategic highway junctions whereas the world had stood by, doing nothing.
The self-styled “Republic of Artsakh” stated that in such circumstances, it had no alternative however to stop hostilities from 1 p.m. native time on Wednesday.
“The authorities of the Republic of Artsakh settle for the proposal of the command of the Russian peacekeeping contingent to stop hearth,” it stated.
“With the mediation of the command of the Russian peacekeeping contingent stationed in Nagorno-Karabakh, an settlement was reached on the entire cessation of hostilities from 13:00 on September 20, 2023.”
Azerbaijan started its operation in opposition to Nagorno-Karabakh on Tuesday after a few of its troops had been killed in what Baku stated had been assaults from the mountainous area, which Azerbaijan had blockaded for 9 months.
Nagorno-Karabakh is recognised internationally as a part of Azerbaijan.
(Reuters)