Armenia, Azerbaijan agree on cease-fire in Nagorno-Karabakh.
                     Armenia, 
Azerbaijan 
agree on cease-
fire in Nagorno-
Karabakh
INTRODUCTION
Armen ia  and  aze rba i j an  ag reed  
to  a  Russ ia -b roke red  cease -fi re  
i n  Nagorno -Karabakh ,  bu t  
immed ia te ly  accused  each  o the r  
o f  de ra i l i ng  the  dea l  i n tended  to  
end  the  wors t  ou tb reak  o f  
hos t i l i t i e s  i n  the  separa t i s t  
reg ion  in  more  than  a  qua r te r-
cen tu ry.
Source: News18.com
CEASE-FIRE
The  cease -fi re  announcement  
came ove rn igh t  a f te r  10  hours  o f  
ta l ks  i n  Moscow sponso red  by  
Russ ian  Fo re ign  M in i s te r  Se rgey  
Lav rov.  
The  dea l  s t i pu la ted  tha t  the  
cease -fi re  shou ld  pave  the  way  
fo r  ta l ks  on  se t t l i ng  the  confl ic t .
Source: News18.com
MUTUAL CLAIMS OF 
VIOLATIONS
I f  the  t ruce  ho lds ,  i t  wou ld  mark  
a  ma jo r  d ip lomat i c  coup  fo r  
Russ ia ,  wh ich  has  a  secu r i ty  pac t  
w i th  A rmen ia  bu t  a l so  cu l t i va ted  
warm t ie s  w i th  Aze rba i j an .  
Bu t  the  ag reement  was  
immed ia te ly  cha l l enged  by  
mutua l  c l a ims  o f  v io la t i ons .
Source: Sky News
ACCUSATION OF 
ARMENIAN 
MILITARY 
The  A rmen ian  m i l i t a ry  accused  
Aze rba i j an  o f  she l l i ng  the  a rea  
nea r  the  town  o f  Kapan  in  
sou theas te rn  A rmen ia ,  k i l l i ng  
one  c iv i l i an .  
Aze rba i j ans  De fense  M in i s t r y  
re jec ted  the  A rmen ian  
accusa t ions  as  a  p rovocat i on .
Source: Deccan Chronicle
ACCUSATION OF 
AZERBAIJANI MILITARY 
The  Azerba i j an i  m i l i t a ry ,  i n  tu rn ,  
accused  A rmen ia  o f  s t r i k ing  the  
Te r te r  and  Agdam reg ions  o f  
Aze rba i j an  w i th  m i ss i l e s  and  
then  a t tempt ing  to  l aunch  
off ens ives  in  the  Agdere -Te r te r  
and  the  Fi zu l i - J ab ra i l  a reas .  
Source: News18.com
LATEST OUTBURST 
OF FIGHTING 
The  la tes t  ou tbu rs t  o f  fi gh t ing  
be tween  Azerba i j an i  and  
Armen ian  f o rces  began  Sept .  27 .
Th i s  l e f t  hundreds  o f  peop le  
dead  in  the  b igges t  esca la t i on  o f  
the  decades - o ld  confl i c t  ove r  
Nagorno -Karabakh  s ince  a  
separa t i s t  war  the re  ended  in  
1994 .  
The  reg ion  l i e s  i n  Aze rba i j an  bu t  
has  been  under  con t ro l  o f  e thn ic  Source: Times of India
Armen ian  f o rces  backed  by  
Armen ia .
PEACE TALKS BY RUSSIA
Russ ia  has  co - sponso red  peace  
ta l k s  on  Nagorno -Karabakh  
toge the r  w i th  the  Un i ted  S ta tes  
and  France  as  co -cha i r s  o f  the  
so -ca l l ed  M insk  Group ,  wh ich  i s  
work ing  unde r  the  ausp ices  o f  
the  Organ i za t ion  f o r  Secu r i ty  
and  Coopera t ion  i n  Eu rope .  
They  haven ’ t  p roduced  any  dea l ,  
l eav ing  Aze rba i j an  i nc reas ing ly  
exaspe ra ted . Source: News18.com
POLITICAL SUPPORT 
FROM TURKEY
The  cu rren t  esca la t i on  marked  
the  fi r s t  t ime  tha t  Aze rba i j an ’ s  
a l l y  Tu rkey  took  a  h igh  p rofi le  i n  
the  confl ic t ,  off e r ing  s t rong  
po l i t i ca l  suppor t .  
Ove r  the  pas t  few  years ,  Tu rkey  
p rov ided  Aze rba i j an  w i th  s ta te -
o f- the -a r t  weapons ,  i nc lud ing  
d rones  and  rocke t  sys tems .
Source: News18.com
STRONG RELATIONSHIP 
OF RUSSIA
Russ ia  has  sought  to  ma in ta in  
s t rong  economic  and  po l i t i ca l  
t i e s  w i th  o i l - r i ch  Aze rba i j an  and  
ward  off  Tu rkey ’ s  a t tempt  to  
i nc rease  i t s  i nfl uence  in  the  
Sou th  Caucasus  w i thou t  ru in ing  
i t s  de l i ca te  re la t i ons  w i th  
Ankara .
Source: Amazon.in
DEALS TO COORDINATE 
CONFLICT INTERESTS
Put in  and  Tu rk i sh  Pres iden t  
Recep  Tayy ip  E rdogan  have  
nego t ia ted  a  se r ie s  o f  dea l s  to  
coord ina te  the i r  confl ic t ing  
in te res ts  i n  Sy r ia  and  L ibya  and  
expanded  the i r  economic  t i e s .  
Las t  yea r ,  NATO member  Tu rkey  
took  the  de l i ve ry  o f  the  Russ ian  
S -400  a i r  de fense  m iss i l e s ,  a  
move  tha t  angered  Wash ing ton . Source: Middle East Monitor