A ceasefire will enter into force in Nagorno-Karabakh / Article / LSM.lv

On Monday, October 26, at 8:00 a.m. local time, a ceasefire regime entered into force in Nagorno-Karabakh, which is legally owned by Azerbaijan but controlled by Armenian forces. However, previous ceasefire agreements were not honored and the fighting is unlikely to end on Monday.

An agreement on a humanitarian ceasefire was reached between Azerbaijani and Armenian officials through the US State Department. Both sides in the conflict have also reaffirmed their commitment to the agreement reached on 10 October in Moscow, the Russian capital.

However, the British broadcaster BBC reports that tensions in the region are not easing and fighting is continuing.

Representatives of the Armenian Ministry of Defense said the opponent fired on Armenian positions in the conflict zone on Monday morning, but official Baku blamed Armenian forces for similar violations. Even before the ceasefire regime came into force, the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, announced the occupation of a district center. During the fighting, the Azerbaijani army allegedly occupied a total of 5 important settlements in Nagorno-Karabakh.

CONTEXT:

On the morning of September 27, at the actual border of Nagorno-Karabakh Heavy fighting began. Both sides accuse each other of starting war. Both Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh declared a state of war and general mobilization. War status and partial mobilization has also been announced by Azerbaijan.

There have been hostile relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia since the 1990s, when the war over Nagorno-Karabakh was fought.

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