A truce was not respected .. Why did Azerbaijan and Armenia not observe the cease-fire until now?

She is fully convinced that diplomatic efforts have not been fruitful.

He explained - in his statements to the episode (12/10/2020) of the "Beyond the News" program - that Russia plays a dual role, as it has good relations with Armenia and Azerbaijan, but it does not want to involve itself directly in the conflict, expecting that Russia will allow Armenia to change Some facts on the ground until the negotiating situation is changed.

In this regard, Ahmed Shahidov, head of the Azerbaijani Institute for Democracy and Human Rights, said that Azerbaijan is facing what he called Armenian terrorism - as he said - as happened in the 1990s, when more than 600 innocent civilians were killed, noting that the Armenian forces continued to bombard lands and residential areas Azerbaijani is a serious breach of the declared humanitarian armistice.

On the other hand, Suss Afitisyan, a member of the Armenian Parliament considered that Azerbaijan is the one that did not respect the ceasefire agreement, because the problem is that Azerbaijan has many mercenaries and terrorists, and their goal is not related to the continuation of the ceasefire, but to the elimination of the people of Karabakh and committing human massacres. If they refuse to leave the area.

Regarding the military attacks, Shahidov indicated that residential areas were targeted by Armenian missiles, and there was a violation of the ceasefire reached in Moscow, considering that in response to what he described as Armenian provocations, Azerbaijan launched a large-scale military operation.

He also denied the existence of any mercenaries, stressing that they are just rumors.

But Afitisyan considered that it is possible to cease fire if all parties are interested in the issue, as Azerbaijan is not interested in the humanitarian aspect.

It is reported that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the truce in Karabakh was not respected, and that the joint declaration between Armenia and Azerbaijan confirms the reference and form of the negotiation path.

For its part, Yerevan called for the formation of a mechanism to verify the violation of the armistice in Karabakh, while Baku called for Ankara's participation in any negotiations for a solution.