"We welcome the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs of Armenia to cease fire in the ... conflict zone and to reduce tension," RIA Novosti quoted the NKR Foreign Ministry as saying.

It is noted that they confirm their readiness to comply with the terms of a ceasefire on humanitarian grounds on a reciprocal basis.

Earlier, the Armenian Foreign Ministry said that Yerevan and Baku would declare a humanitarian truce in the zone of the Karabakh conflict on October 18 from 00:00 local time.

Azerbaijan has confirmed this information.