Azerbaijani, Russian, Armenian FMs make statement

The trilateral meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan, Russia, and Armenia in Moscow has ended, Report's Russian bureau says.

The meeting, held at the Russian Foreign Ministry, was attended by Russian FM Sergey Lavrov, Azerbaijani FM Jeyhun Bayramov, and Armenian FM Zohrab Mnatsakanyan.

The talks lasted more than 10 hours.

It was the most prolonged negotiation on Karabakh in the last 20 years.

Sergey Lavrov announced a joint statement based on the results of the discussions.

In response to the appeal of Russian President Vladimir Putin and under the agreement of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the parties agreed to take the following steps:

1. A ceasefire is declared from October 10, 2020, at 12.00 for humanitarian purposes, to exchange prisoners of war, other detainees, and the corpses with the mediation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and in line with its criteria;

2. Specific parameters of the ceasefire will be additionally agreed;

3. The Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Armenia, through the mediation of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, launch substantive negotiations for the soonest peaceful solution of the conflict based on the basic principles of the settlement;

4. The parties confirm the immutability of the negotiation format.