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A new temporary humanitarian cease-fire between Azerbaijan and Armenia entered into force as of this morning (October 26).
Yesterday, the US State Department said Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun met with Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov on October 24.
Both countries reaffirmed their commitment to implement and abide by the humanitarian cease-fire agreed in Moscow on October 10, it added.
Clashes in the region started on September 27. Both Baku and Yerevan accused each other of violating the first ceasefire.
Azerbaijan: Armenia is violating the ceasefire
Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry has stated Armenian forces continued attacks on its civil settlements and military units, despite a fresh humanitarian cease-fire in Karabakh.
The villages of Aghdam region, as well as the city of Tartar and its surrounding villages are being subjected to heavy shelling, the ministry said in a statement.
Armenian armed forces fired at Terter city and villages of the region.#StopArmenianTerror
— Azerbaijan MOD (@wwwmodgovaz) October 26, 2020
"...the Armenian armed forces are firing at our human settlements, and the positions of units of the Azerbaijan Army along the entire front, as well as on the Armenia-Azerbaijan state border using various types of small arms, mortars, and howitzers," the statement read.
The ministry added that Armenian forces also opened fired on Tovuz, Gadabay, and Dashkesan regions of Azerbaijan from the Berd, Chambarak, and Vardenis regions of Armenia.
(TP/VK)