Azerbaijan halts Karabakh operation as separatists vow to disarm

Azerbaijan has announced that it has halted its military operation in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh after separatist Armenian forces agreed to lay down their arms and hold reintegration talks.

The agreement was due to go into effect at 1 p.m. local time (11am CET), while talks between Azerbaijani officials and the breakaway region's ethnic Armenian authorities on its "re-integration" into Azerbaijan are