Putin: Armenian, Azerbaijani troops will stop war at their current positionsNovember 10, 2020 - 03:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday, November 10 that the Armenian and Azerbaijani armed forces are stopping hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh at positions they are occupying now, TASS reports. "The Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Armenia stop positions they are now occupying, and Russian peacekeepers are being deployed along the line of contact in Nagorno-Karabakh and along the corridor connecting Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia," Putin said commenting the agreement signed with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. The agreement on the cessation of hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh includes the exchange of prisoners of war and the bodies of the dead, Putin added. Karabakh (Artsakh) President Arayik Harutyunyan said on Tuesday, November 10 that he has agreed to a deal signed by Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan to end the war in Karabakh. Azerbaijan, with help from Turkey and terrorist mercenaries deployed by Ankara, started a war against Karabakh (Artsakh) in the morning of September 27. The Armenian side has reported deaths and injuries both among the civilian population and the military. Foreign and local journalists too have been injured in Azeri shelling of towns and villages. Top stories The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. Armenia to sing in 2nd semi-final of Eurovision The organizers of Eurovision 2024 have revealed the running order of the countries in the two semi-finals. |