Tuesday, November 10 2020 02:09

ArmInfo.The Russian Foreign Ministry published the full text of the statement by the  President of Azerbaijan, the Prime Minister of Armenia and the  President of the Russian Federation.

In particular, it says: "We, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan  Ilham Aliyev, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan and President  of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, stated the following:

1. A complete ceasefire and all hostilities in the zone of the  Nagorno-Karabakh conflict are announced from 00:00 hours Moscow time  on November 10, 2020. The Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of  Armenia, hereinafter referred to as the Parties, stop at their  positions.

2. Aghdam region is returned to the Republic of Azerbaijan until  November 20, 2020.

3. Along the line of contact in Nagorno-Karabakh and along the Lachin  corridor, a peacekeeping contingent of the Russian Federation is  deployed in the amount of 1,960 servicemen with small arms, 90  armored personnel carriers, 380 units of automobile and special  equipment.

4. The peacekeeping contingent of the Russian Federation is being  deployed in parallel with the withdrawal of the Armenian armed  forces. The duration of the stay of the peacekeeping contingent of  the Russian Federation is 5 years, with automatic extension for the  next 5-year periods, if none of the Parties declares 6 months before  the expiration of the period of intention to terminate the  application of this provision.

5. In order to increase the effectiveness of control over the  implementation of the agreements by the Parties to the conflict, a  peacekeeping center is being deployed to control the ceasefire.

6. The Republic of Armenia will return the Kelbajar region to the  Republic of Azerbaijan by November 15, 2020, and the Lachin region by  December 1, 2020. The Lachin corridor (5 km wide), which will ensure  the connection of Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia and at the same time  will not affect the city of Shusha, remains under the control of the  peacekeeping contingent of the Russian Federation.  By agreement of  the Parties, in the next three years, a plan for the construction of  a new route along the Lachin corridor will be determined, providing  communication between Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia, with the  subsequent redeployment of the Russian peacekeeping contingent to  protect this route.  The Republic of Azerbaijan guarantees the safety  of traffic along the Lachin corridor of citizens, vehicles and goods  in both directions.

7. Internally displaced persons and refugees are returning to the  territory of Nagorno-Karabakh and adjacent areas under the control of  the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.

8. The exchange of prisoners of war, hostages and other detained  persons and bodies of the dead is carried out.

9. All economic and transport links in the region are unblocked. The  Republic of Armenia guarantees the safety of transport links between  the western regions of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Nakhichevan  Autonomous Republic with the aim of organizing the unimpeded movement  of citizens, vehicles and goods in both directions. Transport control  is exercised by the bodies of the Border Service of the FSB of  Russia.  By agreement of the Parties, the construction of new  transport communications linking the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic  with the western regions of Azerbaijan will be provided>.