ArmInfo. Units of the Artsakh Defense Army have been ordered to cease the fire. Press Secretary of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia Shushan Stepanyan said this on her Facebook page.
It should be noted that yesterday, in Moscow on the 12th day of hostilities in the zone of the Nagorno- Karabakh conflict, a meeting of the foreign ministers of the Russian Federation, the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Armenia took place. The meeting took place at the initiative of Russian President Vladimir Putin and lasted more than 10 hours, ending at about 3 hours Moscow time. Following the meeting, the ministers issued a joint statement, in which, in particular, they agreed:
1. A ceasefire is declared from 12:00 pm on October 10, 2020 for humanitarian purposes for the exchange of prisoners of war and other detained persons and bodies of the dead, mediated and in accordance with the criteria of the International Committee of the Red Cross.
2. The specific parameters of the ceasefire regime will be agreed upon additionally. 3. The Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Armenia, with the mediation of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, on the basis of the basic principles of the settlement, are starting substantive negotiations with the aim of achieving a peaceful settlement as soon as possible.
4. The parties confirm the invariability of the format of the negotiation process. "
It is also worth noting that fierce battles have been going on in the Karabakh conflict zone since the morning. Particular intensity was observed on the southern flank. The enemy used a large number of strike UAVs.