Armenia and Azerbaijan agree to cease fire - Russia's Lavrov

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Armenia and Azerbaijan had agreed to a ceasefire, starting from 12:00 on Saturday, to exchange prisoners and bodies of those killed in the conflict. Lavrov made the statement after 10-hour-long talks with his Armenian and Azeri counterparts in Moscow around 3:00 in the morning local time

Reuters October 10, 2020 06:10:25 IST
Armenia and Azerbaijan agree to cease fire - Russia's Lavrov

Armenia and Azerbaijan agree to cease fire  Russias Lavrov

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Armenia and Azerbaijan had agreed to a ceasefire, starting from 12:00 on Saturday, to exchange prisoners and bodies of those killed in the conflict.

Lavrov made the statement after 10-hour-long talks with his Armenian and Azeri counterparts in Moscow around 3:00 in the morning local time. He also said Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to start talks on the settlement of the conflict.

(Reporting by Maria Tsvetkova and Margarita Antidze; Editing by Leslie Adler)

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