Tuesday Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia they signed an agreement for a total ceasefire nel Nagorno-Karabakh dopo six weeks of fighting. The truce went into effect at 10pm (Italian time) on Monday. The deal was announced on Facebook by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, and later confirmed by Azerbaijan and Russia.
The president of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said that “the signing of the trilateral declaration will be a crucial point for resolving the conflict”. The truce came just hours after ethnic Armenian officials from Nagorno-Karabakh confirmed that the key city of Shusha (known as Shushi in Armenia), the second largest city in the enclave, had been taken over by Azerbaijani forces.
Pashinyan described the deal as “unspeakably painful for me and our people” and said the ceasefire decision was made following “a thorough analysis of the military situation” which saw Azerbaijani forces approaching. in Stepanakert, the main city of the region. Aliyev, on the other hand, said that it is a “historic” agreement and that Armenia was forced to negotiate due to Azerbaijan’s military successes.
After the announcement of the agreement hundreds of protesters opposed to the truce they stormed the government offices Armenian in the capital Yerevan. Protesters broke the window panes of Pashinyan’s official residence and tore the nameplate off his office door accusing him of treason. Violent protests have also arrived inside parliament.
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