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Jan van der Made with RFI

Azerbaijan halts Karabakh operation as separatists vow to disarm

People gather at the Armenia government building to protest against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Yerevan, Armenia, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. AP - Vahram Baghdasaryan

Azerbaijan has announced that it has halted its military operation in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh after separatist Armenian forces agreed to lay down their arms and hold reintegration talks.

The agreement was due to go into effect at 1 p.m. local time (11am CET), while talks between Azerbaijani officials and the breakaway region's ethnic Armenian authorities on its “re-integration” into Azerbaijan are scheduled to take place tomorrow,Thursday, in the Azerbaijani city of Yevlakh.

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