Iran welcomes ceasefire agreement in Nagorno-Karabakh 

ArmInfo. Iran welcomes the cessation of hostilities between Azerbaijan and Armenia in Nagorno-Karabakh as a step towards peace, Foreign Minister of Islamic Republic of Iran  Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote on Twitter on Saturday.

"We call on our neighbors, the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia, to  engage in substantive dialogue based on respect for international law  and territorial integrity," wrote the Iranian Foreign Minister. 

According to IRNA, Zarif also highly appreciated Russia's  constructive efforts to establish a ceasefire in Karabakh. In the  zone of the Karabakh conflict at noon Moscow time, a ceasefire  agreement entered into force, adopted on Saturday night following  many hours of talks in Moscow between the Foreign Ministers of  Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia.

The statement, read out following the results of trilateral  consultations by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, says that  the parties agreed to declare a ceasefire from 12:00 on October 10  for humanitarian purposes for the exchange of prisoners of war and  other detained persons and bodies of through the mediation and in  accordance with the criteria of the International red cross.