Artsakh President Arayik Harutyunyan reports that he has given his consent to end the war. In a Facebook page he writes:

"All day today we discussed with the RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan our actions aimed at ending the hostilities. I had discussions beforehand with the National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh and received the consent of the overwhelming majority of the deputies. Given the current dire situation, in order to avoid further heavy casualties and the complete loss of Artsakh, I agreed to end the war as soon as possible. As for the signed trilateral statement, I will talk about it in detail later.

"I extend my deepest condolences and pride to the relatives of our martyrs and to all the people. We will still have time to have a dialogue with the relatives of the fallen heroes and our military about what to do. I pay tribute to all the people who made even a small contribution to the hard work of defending the Homeland."