Azerbaijan, Karabakh reach ceasefire agreement

Azerbaijan and Armenian separatist authorities in the Nagorny Karabakh region reached an agreement Tuesday to end four days of fierce fighting over the disputed territory, Baku and Karabakh rebels said.

"Military actions were halted as of 12:00pm local time (0800 GMT) on Tuesday," Azerbaijan's defense ministry said in a statement.

"An agreement to cease fire has been reached with Azerbaijan," a Karabakh defence ministry spokesman told AFP.

"An order was given to stop shooting."

An AFP photographer in the frontline Azeri town of Terter said both sides stopped shelling Tuesday afternoon after a night of sporadic artillery fire across the front.

Fighting between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces has claimed at least 64 lives since it erupted on Friday night in the worst violence in decades over the disputed territory...
 [i24news.tv]
5/4/16
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