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Armenia and Azerbaijan agree to ceasefire after Moscow's mediation

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After over 2 weeks of clashes, Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to a ceasefire to exchange prisoners and bodies of those killed in the conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region after mediation by Russia. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the ceasefire will start Saturday. Lavrov talked with his Armenian and Azeri counterparts for more than 10 hours before announcing the ceasefire at 3 am.