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President Vladimir Putin of Russia and President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan sign the peace treaty

The 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement was a very important deal. It helped stop the fighting in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. This agreement officially ended the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.

Leaders from three countries signed this agreement. They were Ilham Aliyev, the President of Azerbaijan, Nikol Pashinyan, the Prime Minister of Armenia, and Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia. They signed it on November 9, 2020.

The agreement made sure that all fighting and military actions stopped. This happened in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. The ceasefire began at midnight on November 10, 2020, Moscow time. Arayik Harutyunyan, the leader of the self-declared Republic of Artsakh, also agreed to stop the fighting.

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  • Ethnic Armenians returning to Stepanakert, Nagorno Karabakh

    Armenians returning to Stepanakert after the ceasefire

  • Azerbaijani people celebrating victory in Karabakh. Sheikh Shamil street

    People celebrating in Baku after the agreement

  • Russian peacekeepers and Azerbaijani military personnel near Vank village

    Russian peacekeepers and Azerbaijani soldiers near Dadivank in Kalbajar District

  • 01 Protesters in Geneva demand the release of Armenian POWs, 15 April 2021

    Protesters in Geneva asking for the release of Armenian prisoners of war

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