Armenia confirms ceasefire after Azerbaijan border clash
By DW
19 November 2021 |
6:49 am
Armenia's government announced that Moscow had brokered a truce after they reported that 15 of their troops had been killed by Azerbaijani soldiers on the tense border region between the two countries.
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