The European Union (EU) welcomes the cessation of hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh [(Artsakh)]. The statement came from Peter Stano, the official representative of the EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, during a briefing in Brussels on Tuesday, TASS reported.

Stano added that they had been calling for this cessation ever since the beginning of the hostilities, now they are analyzing the aftermath of this war and the current situation in the region, after which they will issue a separate statement.