Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan gave details of the negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the termination of the 2020 autumn war, “On October 13, I asked the president of the Russian Federation to answer the direct question: what should I do to establish a ceasefire and stop the war?” I had a more detailed discussion on the same issue on October 16, and the Russian President expressed the opinion that it is possible to talk about stopping the war in exchange for the return of 5 regions, of course, without any clarification of the status of NK, that is, with the uncertainty of the situation. On that day, we agreed with the President of the Russian Federation to instruct the teams to work towards the crystallization of that idea.”
On October 17, the French President took the initiative with his presentation, “He informed me that the president of Azerbaijan agreed to establish a ceasefire without preconditions from the midnight of October 18. Naturally, I agreed to it, after which, within a few hours, the cease-fire declaration was approved between France, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, which was published late in the evening of October 17,” he said.
