UN secretary general welcomes ceasefire agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan
11.10.2020,
04:42
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the limited ceasefire agreement reached between Azerbaijan and Armenia Saturday following the fighting in the area of Nagorno-Karabakh.
YEREVAN, October 11, /ARKA/. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the limited ceasefire agreement reached between Azerbaijan and Armenia Saturday following the fighting in the area of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Both sides agreed to a humanitarian ceasefire beginning at 12 midday on Saturday to exchange the bodies of those killed and prisoners of war, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in a statement after 10 hours of talks in Moscow that ended at 3 am.
"The Secretary-General welcomes the agreement on a humanitarian ceasefire announced yesterday in Moscow by the Foreign Ministers of the Russian Federation, Azerbaijan and Armenia," UN chief's spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement, while commending Moscow's mediation efforts.
"The Secretary-General calls for the ceasefire to be respected and a swift agreement on the specific parameters of the ceasefire regime," the spokesman said in the statement issued at UN Headquarters in New York.
"The Secretary-General also welcomes the commitment by Armenia and Azerbaijan to begin substantive negotiations under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs," it said.
The Minsk Group, co-chaired by France, Russia and the U.S., was set up in 1992 by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), to find a peaceful solution to the conflict.
"The Secretary-General appeals to the international community to support the ceasefire agreement and continue to encourage the parties to resolve their differences through peaceful means," the UN statement added.
On September 27th the Azerbaijani military launched a large-scale offensive against the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) using missiles, artillery and suicide drones against civilian populations in Artsakh’s capital Stepanakert as well as other civilian populations in and around Artsakh, as well as against certain areas of the Republic of Armenia’s town of Vardenis, causing death and injury to dozens of civilians.
According to official Armenian sources, some 4,569 Azerbaijani soldiers have been killed in the heavy fighting since September 27 and more than 5,000 have been wounded. Armenian troops have destroyed 512 tanks and armored vehicles, 4 MLRS Smerch and Uragan, 4 MLRS TOS-1A, 145 UAVs, 16 helicopters and 17 aircraft.
According to the defense ministries of Armenia and Artsakh, more than 402 Armenian servicemen have been killed and several hundred have been wounded. As a result of war crimes committed by Azerbaijan, 21 civilians have been killed and over 90 wounded. -0-
Both sides agreed to a humanitarian ceasefire beginning at 12 midday on Saturday to exchange the bodies of those killed and prisoners of war, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in a statement after 10 hours of talks in Moscow that ended at 3 am.
"The Secretary-General welcomes the agreement on a humanitarian ceasefire announced yesterday in Moscow by the Foreign Ministers of the Russian Federation, Azerbaijan and Armenia," UN chief's spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement, while commending Moscow's mediation efforts.
"The Secretary-General calls for the ceasefire to be respected and a swift agreement on the specific parameters of the ceasefire regime," the spokesman said in the statement issued at UN Headquarters in New York.
"The Secretary-General also welcomes the commitment by Armenia and Azerbaijan to begin substantive negotiations under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs," it said.
The Minsk Group, co-chaired by France, Russia and the U.S., was set up in 1992 by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), to find a peaceful solution to the conflict.
"The Secretary-General appeals to the international community to support the ceasefire agreement and continue to encourage the parties to resolve their differences through peaceful means," the UN statement added.
On September 27th the Azerbaijani military launched a large-scale offensive against the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) using missiles, artillery and suicide drones against civilian populations in Artsakh’s capital Stepanakert as well as other civilian populations in and around Artsakh, as well as against certain areas of the Republic of Armenia’s town of Vardenis, causing death and injury to dozens of civilians.
According to official Armenian sources, some 4,569 Azerbaijani soldiers have been killed in the heavy fighting since September 27 and more than 5,000 have been wounded. Armenian troops have destroyed 512 tanks and armored vehicles, 4 MLRS Smerch and Uragan, 4 MLRS TOS-1A, 145 UAVs, 16 helicopters and 17 aircraft.
According to the defense ministries of Armenia and Artsakh, more than 402 Armenian servicemen have been killed and several hundred have been wounded. As a result of war crimes committed by Azerbaijan, 21 civilians have been killed and over 90 wounded. -0-
