In this file photo taken on Oct 25, 2020 an Armenian soldier walks as troops hold positions on the front line during the ongoing fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh. (ARIS MESSINIS / AFP)

GENEVA - Foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan on Friday reached an agreement on not targeting civilians and non-military sites in accordance with international humanitarian law, according to a joint statement issued Friday.

They will also provide written comments and questions regarding possible ceasefire verification mechanisms in accordance with the Oct 10 joint statement

The two sides will also start to recover and exchange remains, and provide a list of detained war prisoners for eventual exchange, according to a statement by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group. 

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They will also provide written comments and questions regarding possible ceasefire verification mechanisms in accordance with item 2 of the Oct 10 joint statement, according to the statement.

On Friday, the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, namely Igor Popov of Russia, Stephane Visconti of France, and Andrew Schofer of the United States, met separately and jointly with Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov in Geneva.

"The Co-Chairs once again called on the sides to implement, in full, their commitments, including the immediate establishment of a humanitarian ceasefire, in accordance with the October 10 Moscow Joint Statement, which the sides reaffirmed in Paris on October 17 and in Washington on October 25," the statement read.

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It added that the co-chairs will continue working with the sides intensively to find a peaceful settlement of their latest conflict.

Armenia and Azerbaijan have been at loggerheads over the mountainous region of Nagorno-Karabakh since 1988. Peace talks have been held since 1994 when a ceasefire was reached, but there have been sporadic minor clashes. A new round of armed conflict broke out along the contact line on Sept 27.