US National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien looks on during a statement to the media at the Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, on October 20, 2020. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
Washington: US State Department announced on Sunday that a new humanitarian ceasefire will take effect on Monday in the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov met with Deputy Secretary of State Stephen E. Biegun on October 24, 2020 and reaffirmed their countries commitment to implement and abide by the humanitarian ceasefire agreed in Moscow on October 10, The US State Department and the governments of Azerbaijan and Armenia said in a joint statement.
The humanitarian ceasefire will take effect at 08:00 a.m. local time (12:00 a.m. EDT) on October 26, 2020, the statement said.
US National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien said earlier that the United States has persuaded Armenia to accept a ceasefire in the region and is trying to persuade Azerbaijan.
"Under the President's direction, we have spent the entire weekend trying to broker peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan," O'Brien said in a statement.
