The first time was on October 13, 2020, that I asked the President of the Russian Federation to answer the following direct and unambiguous question: "What should I do to establish a ceasefire, to stop the war?" Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at the session of the National Assembly investigative committee.
According to the Prime Minister, he had a more detailed discussion with Putin on the same question on October 16, during which the Russian President expressed the opinion that it is possible to try to talk about the issue of ending the war in exchange for the return of five regions, without any clarification of the status of Nagorno-Karabakh, that is, the status is uncertain. On that day, they agreed with the President of the Russian Federation to instruct the teams to work on the crystallization of that idea.
"On October 17, French President Emmanuel Macron took the initiative and informed me that the President of Azerbaijan agrees to establish a ceasefire without preconditions from the midnight of October 18. Naturally, I agreed to it, after which the following statement was agreed between France, Armenia and Azerbaijan within a few hours, which was published in the late evening of October 17", said Nikol Pashinyan and once again read the joint statement, according to which October 18 It was planned to establish a humanitarian ceasefire from midnight.
According to Pashinyan, after the publication of the statement, the Armenian side held a consultation with the Russian partners, who also welcomed the initiative. However, on October 18, the ceasefire was not confirmed, although all day, according to the Prime Minister, possible diplomatic efforts were made to stop the war.
