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| DATE | 2020-10-25 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] Rather serious war is tackled by the White House.
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Armenia and Azerbaijan Agree to Cease-Fire After Talks in Washington
Courtney McBride
3-4 minutes
WASHINGTON—Armenia and Azerbaijan, which have spent nearly a month
engaged in a violent conflict in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, have
agreed to a humanitarian cease-fire, the U.S. and the two Caucasus
neighbors said Sunday afternoon.
The cease-fire, based on commitments made in Moscow earlier this month,
will take effect at 8 a.m. local time on Monday, according to the joint
announcement.
Ambassador Elin Suleymanov, Azerbaijan’s envoy to the U.S., said Sunday
that his government is cautiously optimistic that the cease-fire will
hold, but emphasized the need for a long-term political settlement.
“It’s not just about an immediate cease-fire,” Mr. Suleymanov said.
“Cease-fire lasted for 26 years, between 1994 and 2020. It didn’t
produce the lasting solution.”
The embassy of Armenia didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
The U.S., France and Russia have assisted negotiations in their capacity
as co-chairs of the Minsk Group, established by the Organization for
Security and Cooperation in Europe in 1992 to facilitate a peaceful
resolution to the longstanding dispute.
Sunday’s announcement follows a series of meetings in Washington aimed
at preventing the long-simmering conflict between the two former Soviet
republics from expanding to the wider region. U.S. officials have
expressed concern over possible interference by outside parties such
Russia and Turkey, which have close links to Armenia and Azerbaijan,
respectively.
Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun met Saturday with Armenian
Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister
Jeyhun Bayramov, who “reaffirmed their countries’ commitment to
implement and abide by the humanitarian cease-fire,” the nations said in
a joint statement.
The Minsk Group co-chairs—Igor Popov of Russia, Stéphane Visconti of
France, and Andrew Schofer of the U.S.—joined Saturday’s meetings in
Washington, during which they “discussed implementing an immediate
humanitarian cease-fire, possible parameters for monitoring the
cease-fire, and initiating discussion of core substantive elements of a
comprehensive solution,” according to a joint statement.
The foreign ministers and the co-chairs agreed to meet again on Oct. 29
in Geneva to discuss a long-term peace settlement.
On Friday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met separately with Messrs.
Bayramov and Mnatsakanyan at the State Department. Spokeswoman Morgan
Ortagus said Mr. Pompeo had “emphasized the need to end the violence and
protect civilians” and urged the parties to engage in “substantive
negotiations.”
President Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President
Vladimir Putin issued a joint statement Oct. 1 condemning civilian
casualties and calling for an immediate cease-fire and negotiations.
Write to Courtney McBride at courtney.mcbride-at-wsj.com
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