EXCLUSIVE: Azerbaijan, Armenia 'near ceasefire deal' on Nagorno-Karabakh

• Draft deal forces Armenia to withdraw from some areas amid the deployment of a Turkish and Russian peacekeeping force, Turkish sources tell MEE

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According to the draft deal:

• Armenia will immediately withdraw from five out of seven occupied raions surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh .
• Yerevan will withdraw additional two raions in 15 days

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The draft deal

• does not require Baku to leave its recently captured territories, but would put a halt to Azerbaijan's offensive against Nagorno-Karabakh, which is now partly controlled by Baku.
• Azerbaijan doesn’t want a humanitarian catastrophe

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THIS IS IMPORTANT, acc to draft deal:

• Armenia, Azerbaijan will agree to the establishment of two corridors
• One road leading from Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh
• In return, the creation of a second corridor which would connect the Nakhcivan to Baku

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Folks this is a DRAFT DEAL, nothing is finalised yet. Things could change as negotiations progress. Tried to present the main parameters of the possible deal

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9 Nov
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We laid out the components of the draft deal, including peacekeeping forces, corridors. All of the components are in the actual ceasefire deal released by Sputnik.

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Turkish peacekeeping force will also be deployed.

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