“Two Antonov 124 aircraft of the Russian aerospace forces, which took off from the Ulyanovsk-Vostochny airfield, delivered ten armored personnel carriers, MTO equipment and about 30 soldiers of the peacekeeping unit to the airfield in Yerevan,” the statement said.

“After unloading, inspecting and preparing the equipment, the units of the 15th peacekeeping brigade will arrive in military columns and make a 300-kilometer march to the concentration area in the city of Goris,” the statement added.

A ceasefire agreement was signed on 9 November by the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan and the President of Russia Vladimir Putin.The agreement ended all hostilities in the Nagorno-Karabakh region from 00:00, 10 November 2020 Moscow time.

According to the agreement both parties will exchange prisoners of war and the dead.

Furthermore, the Armenian forces will withdraw from Armenian-controlled territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh by 1 December.

A 2,000-strong Russian peacekeeping force from the Russian Ground Forces will be deployed to the region for a minimum of five years to protect the Lachin corridor, which is situated between Armenia and the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

Additionally, Azerbaijan will gain passage to its Nakhchivan exclave, which is detached from Azerbaijan, through a strip of land in Armenia's Syunik Province close to the border with Iran.

Russian forces will oversee security for the roads connecting Azerbaijan to Nakhchivan. (ILKHA)