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Armenia and Azerbaijan have signed a peace agreement - brokered by Russia - to end the six week military conflict in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Thousands of soldiers are believed to have died in the fighting, as well as some civilians.

The region is internationally recognised as Azerbaijani, but has been run by ethnic Armenians since 1994.

Under the deal, which Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan called 'incredibly painful', Azerbaijan will hold onto areas of Nagorno-Karabakh that it has taken during the conflict and Armenia will withdraw from several other adjacent areas over the next few weeks.

In the Armenian capital, protesters reacted with fury, invading the parliament building and beating the speaker.

But in Azerbaijan there was celebration. Javid Aga, an Azeri writer and social media commentator, told us more.

"There's a generation of Azerbaijanis who have never seen a single Armenian in their lives... There is of course going to be a furiousness to the idea of living beside Armenians or for Armenians living beside Azerbaijanis once again... but I don't see this as an exile for Armenians."

(Photo: Demonstrators storm the Armenian parliament. Credit: EPA)

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