Monday, 9 November 2020

Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenia PM signs 'painful' deal to end war with Azerbaijan

Declaration follows six weeks of heavy fighting in which Azerbaijan’s forces have retaken large parts of the disputed enclave

Armenia’s prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, has signed a “painful” deal with the leaders of Azerbaijan and Russia to end the military conflict over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region after more than a month of bloodshed.

The declaration on Tuesday morning follows six weeks of heavy fighting in which Azerbaijan’s forces advanced steadily into the enclave. Officials in Baku, the Azerbaijan capital, said on Monday it had seized dozens more settlements in Nagorno-Karabakh, a day after proclaiming victory in the battle for the enclave’s strategically positioned second-largest city, Shusha.

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