On May 12, 1994 the Bishkek Protocol about the cease-fire in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone was signed, and on May 16 the meeting of the Minister of Defence of Armenia Serge Sargsyan, the Minister of Defence of Azerbaijan Mamedraffi Mamedov and the NKR Army Commander Samvel Babayan took place on May 16 in Moscow. During the meeting the agreement on cease-fire which had been reached earlier was confirmed. A document "Agreement on the
order of the realization of the Protocol of February 18 of 1994" anticipating the raising of the troops of Karabakh and Azerbaijan, and the establishment of the buffer zone between the countries, was also prepared.