Iran Press/ Asia: Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced on Tuesday morning (Tehran time) that he had signed an agreement with Russia and Azerbaijan to end the war in Nagorno-Karabakh.
"I signed an agreement with the presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan to end the war in Nagorno-Karabakh," Pashinyan said in a statement.
I made a decision that is difficult for all of us," he added.
"This is not a victory, but there will be no defeat until you acknowledge that you have lost," Pashinyan said. We will never admit that we have lost and this will be the beginning of the era of national unity for us, he added.
A new video from Armenia shows a column of military trucks moving out of the town of Goris. They carry Russian peacekeepers deployed to oversee a truce in the disputed Azerbaijani region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
The troops have been sent to the area to keep apart the forces of ethnic Armenians and Azerbaijanis. After a six-week-long armed conflict, the Armenians have been forced to relinquish control over large swaths of Azerbaijani territory that they won three decades ago.
The Republics of Azerbaijan and Armenia have been embroiled in a military conflict in the Nagorno-Karabakh region for more than a month.
The new round of the conflict between the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh began on September 27. There have been three ceasefires so far, but the two sides have repeatedly accused each other of violating the ceasefire.
The Republic of Azerbaijan, referring to international resolutions, has stated that it seeks to restore its sovereignty over Nagorno-Karabakh; an area controlled by Armenian-backed forces.
