Armenia’s Pashinyan Says He’s Signed Pact to End Karabakh Fighting

  • ‘It’s not a victory,’ Pashinyan says, as Armenians protest
  • Agreement follows fall of strategic city to Azerbaijani forces
A man removes debris in a residential area damaged by shelling in Stepanakert on Nov. 3.Photographer: Karen Minasyan/AFP via Getty Images
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Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said he’s signed an agreement to end the war over Nagorno-Karabakh, just days after Azerbaijani forces captured a key strategic city in the contested region.

“I made that decision as a result of a deep analysis of the military situation,” he wrote in a Facebook post early Tuesday, calling it “an extremely difficult decision.”