US hails cessation hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh  

  18 November 2020    Read: 768
 US hails cessation hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh   

The United States welcomes the cessation of hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh, said the statement of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, AzVision.az reports.

"The United States welcomes the cessation of active hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan," said the statement.

Following over a month of military action to liberate its territories from Armenian occupation, Azerbaijan has pushed Armenia to sign the surrender document. A joint statement on the matter was made by the Azerbaijani president, Armenia's PM, and the president of Russia.

A complete ceasefire and a cessation of all hostilities in the zone of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is introduced at 00:00 hours (Moscow time) on 10 November 2020.

Armenian Armed Forces launched a large-scale military attack on positions of the Azerbaijani army on the front line, using large-caliber weapons, mortars, and artillery on Sept. 27. Azerbaijan responded with a counter-offensive along the entire front.

Back in July 2020, the Armenian Armed Forces violated the ceasefire in the direction of Azerbaijan's Tovuz district. As a result of Azerbaijan's retaliation, the opposing forces were silenced. The fighting continued the following days as well. Azerbaijan lost a number of military personnel members, who died fighting off the attacks of the Armenian Armed Forces.


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