Agreement on a Universal Ceasefire for a Period of 3 Days

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Country/entity
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Nagorno-Karabakh
Region
Europe and Eurasia
Europe and Eurasia
Europe and Eurasia
Agreement name
Agreement on a Universal Ceasefire for a Period of 3 Days
Date
25 Jul 1993
Agreement status
Unilateral document
Interim arrangement
Yes
Agreement/conflict level
Intrastate/intrastate conflict ( Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict (1991 - ) )
Stage
Ceasefire/related
Conflict nature
Government/territory
Peace process
Armenia-Azerbaijan-Nagorno Karabakh: Process 1990s
Parties
To Mr S Babayan, Ministry of defence of Nagorno-Karabakh

Acting Minister of Defence of the Azerbaijan Republic:S Abiyev
Third parties
-
Description
A 3 day ceasefire agreement arranged by reciprocal exchange of identical letters. Only the text of the Azerbaijan letter has been made publicly available and is coded here.

Agreement document
AZ_930725_3daycessation.pdf | Download PDF

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Security sector

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Ceasefire
Security sector→Ceasefire→Ceasefire provision
[Summary: The entire agreement provides for a 3 day temporary ceasefire commencing at 00:00 on 25/07/1993].

Page 1: In case of reciprocal commitment from both parties, we commit for 3 days, during which time an agreement will be made about a meeting between the authorities of Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh, to cease any offensive operations, including rocket and artillery launches as well as air bombardments. The agreement will come into force beginning at 00:00 hours on 25 July 1993, upon receiving the above mentioned commitments by the parties. Upon agreeing on a meeting, the ceasefire will automatically be prolonged until 24:00 hours of the day of the meeting, unless another time period is agreed at the meeting.
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Source
Kazimirov, VN. (2014) Peace to Karabakh: Russia’s Mediation in the Settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict. Moscow: VES MIR

Ministry of defence of Nagorno-Karabakh

To Mr S Babayan

In case of reciprocal commitment from both parties, we commit for 3 days, during which time an agreement will be made about a meeting between the authorities of Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh, to cease any offensive operations, including rocket and artillery launches as well as air bombardments.

The agreement will come into force beginning at 00:00 hours on 25 July 1993, upon receiving the above mentioned commitments by the parties.

Upon agreeing on a meeting, the ceasefire will automatically be prolonged until 24:00 hours of the day of the meeting, unless another time period is agreed at the meeting.

Acting Minister of Defence of the Azerbaijan Republic.

S Abiyev