Azerbaijan and Armenian forces have agreed to cease hostilities in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, following mediation by Russian peacekeepers. Azerbaijan suspended its planned ground offensive after Armenian separatist forces accepted the terms of a ceasefire agreement brokered by Moscow. The ceasefire will be implemented in coordination with the command of the Russian peacekeeping contingent. The Republic of Artsakh, the Armenian name for the Karabakh region, accepted the proposal to cease fire. Azerbaijan began a major ground offensive into Karabakh on September 19, but has now confirmed the ceasefire reached through Russian mediation. The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region has been a source of instability for decades. Karabakh is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, but most of its inhabitants are ethnic Armenians. In 2020, a war between the two countries ended with a ceasefire agreement brokered by Moscow, leaving Azerbaijan in control of the region. Russian peacekeepers have remained deployed along the Armenia-Azerbaijan border since then.