Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenia and Azerbaijan agree cease-fire

MOSCOW — With Russia's mediation, Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to a cease-fire in Nagorno-Karabakh starting at noon Saturday, after two weeks of heavy fighting that marked the worst outbreak of hostilities in the separatist region in a quarter-century.

The countries' foreign ministers said in a statement that the truce is intended to exchange prisoners and recover the dead, adding that specific details will be agreed on later.

The announcement followed 10 hours of talks in Moscow sponsored by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who read the statement. It stipulated that the cease-fire should pave the way for talks on settling the conflict

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