Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. (Photo: AFP)

The deal was later confirmed by Azerbaijan and the Kremlin.

The signed trilateral statement will become a crucial point in the settlement of the conflict, Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev said in a televised online meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Aliyev said Turkish peacekeepers will be deployed in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Russia’s defence ministry said it had begun the deployment of 1,960 soldiers to act as peacekeepers along the frontline in Nagorno-Karabakh and in the corridor between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.

Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan said the decision was based on a deep analysis of the situation and discussions with experts.