Armenia accused Azerbaijan of swiftly and seriously violating the terms of a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh, writes DW.
Azerbaijan and Armenia have both accused the other side of violating a Russian-mediated cease-fire that came into force at noon local time on Saturday (08:00 UCT).
“Ignoring the cease-fire announced for humanitarian purposes effective as of October 10, 12:00, the Azerbaijani units launched an assault on an area called “Karakhambeyli” at 12:05. Units of the Artsakh Defense Army take appropriate measures to halt the enemy attack”, - Armenian Defense Ministry press spokeswoman Shushan Stepanyan wrote on Twitter.
The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry also issued a statement accusing Armenia of breaking the cease-fire.
“Armenia is blatantly violating the cease-fire regime”, - reads the statement, claiming there had been attacks in two directions on the front line.