Albania's chairmanship of the OSCE welcomed the humanitarian truce in Nagorno-Karabakh, which entered into force at 00:00 on October 18 local time.

The Albanian OSCE Chairmanship welcomes the humanitarian ceasefire in the context of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, confirmed by the Foreign Ministries of Armenia and Azerbaijan. We need stability both on the ground and in the process [of negotiations] under the leadership of the Minsk Group [OSCE] co-chairs, the OSCE chairman tweeted.

On October 17, the foreign ministries of Armenia and Azerbaijan announced an agreement to start a humanitarian truce from 00:00 on October 18 local time.