Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that Yerevan did not take part in drafting a ceasefire agreement between the authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan that was announced on September 20.
“Armenia did not participate in drafting the text of the ceasefire declaration in Nagorno-Karabakh under the mediation of Russian peacekeepers,” Pashinyan said during an address to the nation, reiterating that Yerevan “does not have an army” in the region.
Pashinyan confirmed, however, that Yerevan had accepted the decision of the Nagorno-Karabakh authorities to cease and disband the armed forces.
Earlier, the InfoCenter of Nagorno-Karabakh said in a statement that despite the regional forces’ best efforts to repel a “large-scale offensive” by Azerbaijan, “the enemy managed to break into the military positions… [and] take control of a number of heights and strategic road junctions.”
Taking this into consideration, Nagorno-Karabakh “accepted the proposal of the command of the Russian peacekeeping mission regarding the cessation of fire,” the statement read. “The ceasefire agreement enters into force starting from 13:00 on September 20, 2023,” it added.
From its side, the Azerbaijan Ministry of Defense said that the Armenian military and “illegal Armenian armed groups” will lay down their arms and leave their combat positions while surrendering all weapons under the agreement.
“The implementation of this process will be ensured in coordination with the Russian peacekeeping contingent,” the ministry noted in a statement. .
The Azerbaijani Presidency said that a meeting will be held in Yevlakh with representatives of the Armenian residents of Karabakh on September 21 to discuss issues of reintegration based on the Constitution and laws of the country.
The ceasefire agreement came less than 24 hours after Baku said it had launched a “counter-terrorism measures of a local nature” in Nagorno-Karabakh while accusing Armenia of amassing troops there. Yerevan had denied the Azerbaijani allegations.
According to the Armenpress news agency, Azerbaijani attacks on the predominantly ethnic Armenian region killed at least 32 people and wounded more than 200 others.
If implemented, the ceasefire agreement will mark the end of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh which began in 1988. This will likely lead to permanent peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
MORE ON THIS TOPIC:
armenian prime minister nikol pashinyan is a us tool, a traitor to his country and his people.
he is a crypto-jew. a jewish skunk and hates christianity like all jews do. this traitor ruined and continues ruining christian armenia on full purpose. he has order from the jewish high-command to destroy that christian nation ! same as merkel had with germany ! exactly the same order !
armenia, libya under gaddafi both have same problem. though gaddafi was not a traitor big mistakes he made doing blurry whobbling policies regarding on which side he is. better think for 3 or even 6 months but then decide. if you want be ally of russia then you need to make that clear, not like libya or armenia did. libya financed france jewish sarkozy president. and that guy then bombed libya. armenia did anti-russia agitation, so they deserve what they have now.
pashinyan came to power in a colour (velvet this one) revolution. what a surprise.
armenia accepted the cease fire agreement because the alternative was another total military defeat if the skunk pashinyan didn’t contribute anything to it, its because his american managers didn’t give him any instructions to do so, and the russians accepted responsibility for the safety of the armenians still living on the territory they lost in a war they started.
there’s more than russian speaking christians that has to do with the donbas; there’s the huge oil and gas reserves that are under it, which is of great concern to soros, as well as bush, obama, kerry and the clintons who were promised a cut in the profits if they could only secure that tiny plot of land for him; no doubt, but that being able to hang another genocide around albania’s neck would be considered as icing on the cake. i would guess that that would be an upcoming move.
i must have deleted; if anyone ever saw the wizard of oz; both the wicked witch of east and of west, ended up dead; but what about the white witch of the north, who claimed that she was good? well, she was white! aren’t all white people squeaky clean? first our puppet hitler, then our puppet zelensky; and, a blood bath for everyone else.