Long work preceded the statement by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Nagorno-Karabakh, said Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the Russian President. “RIA Novosti” writes.

“Yesterday in the afternoon, Putin did a lot of hard work with his colleagues from Baku and Yerevan until late in the evening. As a result, President Putin issued a statement yesterday evening, where he called on the parties to cease fire for a humanitarian pause – in order to exchange prisoners and take bodies of the dead. And he also invited the foreign ministers from Yerevan and Baku, “Peskov told reporters.

It should be reminded that today, October 9, the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan were invited to Russia for consultations on Nagorno Karabakh.