Austria welcomes humanitarian ceasefire agreed between Armenia, Azerbaijan
The Foreign Ministry of Austria welcomes the agreement reached between Armenia and Azerbaijan on a humanitarian ceasefire.
The ministry expresses hope that substantive talks facilitated by the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group will start swiftly.
We welcome the agreement reached between #Armenia and #Azerbaijan on a humanitarian #ceasefire. Hope that substantive talks facilitated by the Co-Chairs of the #OSCE Minsk Group will start swiftly.
— MFA Austria (@MFA_Austria) October 10, 2020
After nearly 11 hours of talks held in Moscow, the Armenian, Azerbaijani and Russian foreign ministers on Saturday issued a joint statement, according to which a ceasefire begins at 12pm with the humanitarian aim of exchanging prisoners of war and other captured persons as well as to exchange bodies of victims with the facilitation of the International Committee of the Red Cross and in line with its regulations.
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