<span style="color: #222222;">Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to a cease-fire in Nagorno-Karbakh starting today. The top diplomats from the two countries said in a statement that the truce is intended to exchange prisoners and recover the dead, adding that specific details will be agreed on later.<br />'' <br />'' The announcement follows 10 hours of talk between the diplomats in Moscow, which was coordinated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Lavrov said the cease-fire should pave way for talks on settling the conflict.<br />'' <br />'' The latest outburst of fighting between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces began on September 27 and left many people dead in the biggest escalation of the decades-old conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh.<br />'' <br />'' The region lies in Azerbaijan but has been under control of ethnic Armenian forces backed by Armenia since the end of a separatist war in 1994.<br />'' <br />''<br />''The talks between the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan were held on invitation from Russian President Vladimir Putin.</span><br />