The United States, as one of the three Minsk Group co-chairs, welcomes the apparent ceasefire and cessation of fighting in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict zone, US Permanent Representative to the OSCE, Ambassador James S. Gilmore delivered the US statement on the NK conflict to the Permanent Council.
Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova has said that the Russia-mediated Nagorno Karabakh armistice signed between Armenia and Azerbaijan will lead to a full negotiations process over the conflict.
The Armenian Prime Minister’s Office has published the official text of the statement signed by Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin on ending the war in Nagorno Karabakh.
Active military operations along the entire Artsakh frontline have been stopped, Armenian defense ministry’s spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said on Facebook.
President Armen Sarkissian says he is launching “political consultations with the purpose of agreeing solutions stemming from our agenda of the protection of pan-national interests in the shortest timeframes.”
Armenia’s Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces have addressed a message over the stop of military operations in the Republic of Artsakh.
Prime MInister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan wrote on his Facebook page that he signed a declaration with the Russian and Azerbaijani Presidents on stopping the war at 01:00.
The situation in Artsakh remains the same, the fighting continues in different directions,- said Davit Babayan, Advisor on Foreign Relations to the President of the Artsakh Republic, in an interview with 168.am.
The Azerbaijani military’s attempts to attack Martuni, Martakert, Taghavard and other areas are thwarted, Armenian Defense Ministry official Lt. Colonel Artsrun Hovhannisyan said.
The Artsakh Defense Army is taking countermeasures to take out an Azerbaijani assault team in the direction of Karintak village.
