THE Armenia “did not participate” in the drafting of the armistice agreement which was just announced for him cessation of hostilities in his area Nagorno Karabakhsaid today Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyanhowever judging it “very important” that the fighting cease.

“We have taken note of the decision of the Karabakh authorities to cease hostilities and lay down their arms”he said in a televised address to the nation the day after Azerbaijan’s offensive to retake the disputed enclave.

The Armenians of the breakaway Azeri enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh announced that they would lay down their arms today as part of a truce reached with Azerbaijan and entered into force at 12:00 Greek time, following Russian mediation, the day after Baku launched an attack on the disputed enclave.

However “Armenia did not participate in the drafting” of this agreement, which was made “under the mediation of Russian peacekeeping forces”, Pashinyan clarified. His country is traditionally an ally of Moscowbut in recent months he has accused Russian soldiers of inaction in Nagorno-Karabakh while reaching out to Westerners.

Nevertheless is “very important to maintain stability and suspend military operations” in the areaadded the Armenian prime minister, while this enclave has already been at the center of two conflicts between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Pashinyan added that hopes to terminate “military escalation” and that Russian peacekeeping forces “will fully fulfill their obligations.”

The Russian peacekeeping force has been deployed since November 2020 at the end of a six-week war in which beat Azerbaijan.

“The intensity of military operations has decreased significantly”however it did not “fall to zero”, Pashinyan also added, noting that Armenia has no military units in the region as of August 2021, despite Baku’s claims to the contrary.