The agreement, which was brokered by Moscow, came into effect at 01:00 local time.

Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan first announced the agreement on his Facebook account early Tuesday.

“The text of the statement that has already been published is unspeakably painful for me personally and for our people,” Pashinyan said.

“We will never admit that we are losers, and this should be the beginning of our national consolidation, the renaissance,” he added.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev described the agreement as a victory of his country.

“This statement has historic significance. This statement constitutes Armenia’s capitulation. This statement puts an end to the years-long occupation. This statement is our Glorious Victory!,” Aliyev said.

According to the agreement, the Aghdam region and the territories held by the Armenia Party in the Gazakh region of the Republic of Azerbaijan will be returned to the Azerbaijan until November 20.

A peacekeeping contingent of the Russian Federation is deployed in the amount of 1,960 servicemen with small arms, 90 armored personnel carriers, 380 units of automobile and special equipment along the line of contact in Nagorno-Karabakh and along the Lachin corridor.

Armenia will return the Kelbajar region Azerbaijan until November 15, and the Lachin region by December 1, leaving behind the Lachin corridor.

Internally displaced persons and refugees will return to the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh and adjacent areas under the control of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Two sides will exchange the prisoners of war and other detained persons and bodies of the dead. (ILKHA)