
Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed on a temporary ceasefire in Nagorno-Karbakh. It will go into effect at 12 noon, Saturday 10 October, 2020. News of the ceasefire came in the wake of discussions between the foreign ministers of both countries in Moscow. The talks were held after Russian President Vladimir Putin extended an invitation to host talks aimed at finding a way to bring an end to the fighting.
The ceasefire is intended to allow prisoner exchanges, and recovery of the dead. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who was sponsoring the talks has said the ceasefire will set the stage for discussions to end the conflict.