⁍ The humanitarian ceasefire would take effect at 8 a.m. local time (12 a.m. EDT) on Oct. 26.
⁍ Fighting erupted on Sunday between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces.
⁍ Both sides blamed each other for blocking a peaceful settlement to the conflict.
– On Friday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with foreign ministers from Armenia and Azerbaijan in Washington in an attempt to broker peace between the two nations over Nagorno-Karabakh. On Sunday, the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, which includes Russia, France, and the US, announced that fighting between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces had stopped, Reuters reports. The co-chairs “discussed implementing an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, possible parameters for monitoring the ceasefire, and initiating discussion of core substantive elements of a comprehensive solution,” the Minsk Group said in a statement. The co-chairs plan to meet again in Geneva on Oct. 29 “to discuss, reach agreement on, and begin implementation, in accordance with a timeline to be agreed upon, of all steps necessary to achieve a peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.”
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-armenia-azerbaijan-usa/us-says-humanitarian-ceasefire-to-take-effect-on-monday-in-nagorno-karabakh-idUSKBN27A0XF