Armenia, Azerbaijan agree to ceasefire to exchange dead bodies, prisoners
A ceasefire agreement in Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) starting at 12pm on October 10 has been reached after trilateral consultations in Moscow between foreign ministers of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Saturday, according to TASS.
"A ceasefire is declared to begin on October 10 at 12pm [Moscow time] 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," Lavrov stated early on Saturday citing a joint statement, signed by the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan.
"Detailed parameters of the ceasefire regime will be agreed upon in the near future," the Russian minister stated citing the signed document.
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