YEREVAN. – The relatives of the servicemen who are currently serving in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) are once again protesting in front of the main building of the government of Armenia.

They demand the return of their sons to Armenia.

On November 9, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a joint statement on a complete cessation of hostilities— which Azerbaijan had launched on September 27—in and around Artsakh. Accordingly, Russian peacekeepers are deployed in the region to monitor the implementation of the ceasefire and the cessation of hostilities. But this statement also stipulates the handover of part of Artsakh lands to Azerbaijan.