Azerbaijan sets condition for Nagorno-Karabakh cease-fire
(VOVWORLD) - Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev said Sunday that Armenia must provide a schedule to withdraw troops from the Nagorno-Karabakh region in order to end the fighting.
 Houses and cars are destroyed after clashes in Ganja, Azerbaijan, October 4, 2020 (Photo: AFP/VNA) |
Aliyev said on television that all Armenian forces must leave Azerbaijan and Armenia must recognize Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity.
An Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesperson called the demand unacceptable, stressing that it is Azerbaijan that must give up its use of force and participate constructively in the negotiation process.