The statement was adopted by the Foreign Ministers of the Russian Federation, the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Armenia, as a result of a meeting held in Moscow on October 9-10 at the initiative of the Russian side.
According to the document, in response to the appeal of Russian President Vladimir Putin and in accordance with the agreements reached by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the parties agreed to take following steps:
1. "A ceasefire has been announced, beginning 12:00 on 10 October, 2020, for humanitarian purposes for the exchange of prisoners of war and other detainees, and bodies of the dead, to be mediated in accordance with the criteria of the International Committee of the Red Cross."
2. "The specifics of the ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh will be agreed on separately."
3."The Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Armenia, with the mediation of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, on the basis of the basic principles of the settlement, begin substantive negotiations with the aim of achieving a peaceful settlement as soon as possible."
4. "The sides had committed to keeping the format of the talks on Karabakh unchanged."
Traditionally, the internationally-recognized format of the talks has been the OSCE Minsk Group's co-chairmanship of Russia, the US and France.
Beginning 9 October, the trilateral talks lasted over 10 hours, with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov negotiating a ceasefire in Karabakh with counterparts from Armenia and Azerbaijan.
