Artsakh Foreign Ministry: Today`s perfidious attack is a conclusive  evidence that Azerbaijan uses the negotiations exclusively as a cover  for preparation of military aggressions

ArmInfo. ''We strongly condemn the perfidious violation by Azerbaijan of the agreement on a humanitarian ceasefire for the exchange of prisoners of war and  bodies of the killed in action, reached with the mediation of the  Russian Federation. This is stated in the statement of the Ministry  of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Artsakh in connection with the  violation of the humanitarian ceasefire by Azerbaijan.

''Particularly egregious is the fact that the triple alliance of  Azerbaijan, Turkey and international terrorists have launched an  offensive immediately after the Defence Army of the Republic of  Artsakh announced cessation of fire, as part of the humanitarian  truce. Azerbaijan's actions have once again demonstrated that it is a  rogue country, which is not willing to fulfill its obligations even  for minutes.

Today's perfidious attack is a conclusive evidence that Azerbaijan  uses the negotiations exclusively as a cover for preparation of  military aggressions. Under these conditions, the recognition of the  independence of the Republic of Artsakh remains the only way for the  international community to stop the rogue country.  The international  recognition will provide for the necessary legal and political  mechanisms to guarantee peace and security both for the Republic of  Artsakh, and for the entire region.

It should be noted that the day before, 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 3:00am Moscow time.  As a  result of the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Armenia,  Azerbaijan, with the mediation of Russia, the day before, an  agreement was reached on a ceasefire, which was to enter into force  at 12:00 on October 10.

However, minutes later, after the ceasefire came into force, the  Armenian Defense Ministry reported that ignoring the humanitarian  ceasefire announced on October 10 from 12:00, Azerbaijani units  launched an attack on the Karakhambeyli sector at 12:05pm, and  Artsakh Defense Army units undertook appropriate measures to suppress  enemy attacks. The fighting continued in other sectors of the front.

Minutes earlier, the Defense Army reported that the situation was  relatively calm in all sectors of the front, except for Hadrut. In  Hadrut, for the third hour, actions are being carried out to encircle  and destroy the enemy sabotage group, which penetrated this zone  before the ceasefire came into force.