YEREVAN, April 6. /TASS/. The agreement on ceasefire on the contact line in Nagorno-Karabakh was reached at Tuesday’s meeting in Moscow between the chiefs of General Staff of Armenian and Azerbaijani Armed Forces, Armenia’s Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan said.
The cessation of combat operations in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region was announced from 11:00 a.m. (0800GMT) Moscow time on April 5.
The situation along the line of contact in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone deteriorated dramatically overnight to April 2 when fierce clashes began. The parties to the conflict accused each other of violating the truce.
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