The Armenian separatists in Nagorno Karabakh have agreed to a ceasefire and are said to have also agreed to lay down their weapons and eventually disarm. The authorities in Nagorno Karabakh write in a statement on Wednesday that negotiations will take place in the city of Jevlakh on Thursday 21 September and that the goal is an integration of the region in Azerbaijan where the Armenians’ rights and security are ensured. The Russian Ministry of Defense writes in a statement that its forces in the area will help to observe the ceasefire. – The operation in Nagorno-Karabakh will be over when the Armenian separatists lay down their weapons, said the administration of Azerbaijan President Heydar Aliyev in a telephone conversation with the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday. The messages from the conflict area in the south of the Caucasus on Wednesday indicated that the Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh continued in full force, until the message came that the Armenians are now agreeing to negotiations. Now, according to the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry, a ceasefire has come into effect, from 11 am Norwegian time on Wednesday. . _Children sleep in shelters after Azerbaijan on Tuesday launched what it calls an “anti-terrorist operation” in the Nagorno-Karabakh region_ Photo: Siranush Sargsyan / AP Former Prime Minister Ruben Vardanjan of Nagorno-Karabakh tells the Reuters news agency on Wednesday that up to 100 people have been killed in the fighting in the last 24 hours. More than 7,000 people must have been evacuated from the area. Vardanjan says the result of the Azerbaijani attack could mean that all 120,000 residents of Nagorno-Karabakh could be forced to flee to Armenia itself. Gro Holm explains: Azerbaijan continues the military operation, on Nyhetsmorgen. 20 Sep 2023 Huitfeldt: It could get worse Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt is concerned about the situation. – I had a meeting with Armenia’s foreign minister yesterday. He is very worried about people in Nagorno-Karabakh, and their access to food and medicine, says Huitfeldt to news. She thinks it is too early to say whether the conflict has the potential to become a full-scale war. – It has the potential to get even worse, but we must do what we can to de-escalate the situation. SEEK COVER: People run for cover for Azerbaijani attack. The picture is from 19 September. Photo: Reuters “Anti-terrorist operation” continues Azerbaijan does not use the word war about what is now happening in Nagorno-Karabakh, but calls it an “Anti-terrorist operation”. In a statement on Telegram, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense writes that military vehicles, artillery and anti-aircraft missiles from the Armenian forces have been neutralized. This has not been confirmed by independent sources. CONCERNED: Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt is concerned about the situation. Photo: Anders Tvegård – There is no military solution to this conflict. And then it is possible that this matter will come up in the Security Council during this week, says Huitfeldt. UN Secretary-General António Guterres calls for the fighting to “stop immediately”. Furthermore, he demands that Azerbaijan respect the ceasefire that was concluded in 2020, according to AFP. The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, in his conversation with the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, asked him to stop the military actions immediately. Blinken has also spoken with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Pashinyan says on Wednesday that Armenia has had nothing to do with the ceasefire that has been introduced and that the country has no forces in Nagorno Karabakh. Established humanitarian corridors On Tuesday, Azerbaijan launched extensive attacks against the mainly Armenian-populated enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh. Explosions could be heard in and around the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, Stepanakert, on Tuesday. MANY KILLED AND WOUNDED: This picture is supposed to show a wounded Armenian being taken to hospital after the fighting in the last few days. Photo: AFP Azerbaijani authorities say they have established humanitarian corridors both on the Lachin road and on another road for those who want to leave Nagorno-Karabakh. Nagorno-Karabakh is formally part of Azerbaijan, but in practice has been self-governing and closely linked to Armenia after a bloody war in the early 1990s. That time, the better organized Armenian forces prevailed. In 2020, Azerbaijan recaptured large areas.
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