Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on October 14 that Russian military observers should be deployed to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict zone in order to ensure the ceasefire. Lavrov stressed that the final decision over the potential deployment is up to the sides of the conflict.
Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan will address the nation today, he said on Facebook.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu held telephone conversations with Defense Minister of Armenia Davit Tonoyan and Azerbaijani Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov, RIA Novosti reports citing the Russian defense ministry.
The Azerbaijani military has hit an on-duty military equipment of the Armenian Armed Forces deployed in the territory of the Republic of Armenia in the area bordering Karvajar, the Defense Ministry of Armenia said.
President of the Republic of Artsakh Arayik Harutyunyan will address a video message in coming hours, his spokesperson Vahram Poghosyan said.
The 47th Vice President of the United States and 2020 candidate for President of the United States Joe Biden has issued a statement over the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, calling on the Trump Administration to tell Azerbaijan that the United States will not “tolerate its efforts to impose a military solution.”
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Stephane Visconti of France, and Andrew Schofer of the United States of America) call on the Nagorno Karabakh conflicting sides to implement the humanitarian ceasefire immediately.
Over the past few weeks, a number of colleagues and friends have asked me about the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. Like them, I have agonized and searched for an answer to the decades-long conflict. I think academics and journalists have a responsibility to educate and provide greater depth. It is our only hope if we are to achieve meaningful dialogue and eventual peace. A number of authors have written about the topic. Here is a significant sampling of books in English and French:
The United States has called on to cease the fire in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict zone.
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sees need for observance of the ceasefire in the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact, reports TASS.
