Mourners gather at a military cemetery in Yerevan, Armenia on 26 September 2021 to commemorate Armenian service members killed in the 2020 war with Azerbaijan over the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo by Artem Mikryukov via Globe Media/Reuters.
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The Big Story: Ceasefire Ends Latest Violence at Armenian-Azerbaijani Border
What happened: The Armenian Defense Ministry announced on 16 November that Yerevan had reached a ceasefire agreement with Baku, RFE/RL reports. The situation had “relatively stabilized” following the agreement, the ministry added. A recent bout of fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan led to the death of at least one Armenian soldier.
More context: The fighting that took place this month was the worst since the two sides reached an agreement over the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict last November which resulted in significant territorial gains for Azerbaijan, Eurasianet reports. In Armenia, the political opposition blamed the government of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan for the recent escalation and called for his resignation.
Worth noting: Earlier this week, Azerbaijani forces restricted traffic on two roads along the border with Armenia, according to a separate article in Eurasianet. The incidents come at a time when Armenia and Azerbaijan are close to reaching agreements for border demarcation and for the opening of new transportation routes.