Ceasefire broken as Armenia shoots at Azerbaijani positions
By Trend
Armenia’s armed forces have 11 times violated the ceasefire on the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops over the past 24 hours, said Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry Aug. 13.
The Armenian army was using large-caliber machine guns.
The Armenian armed forces stationed in the Barekamavan village of Armenia’s Noyemberyan district, Berkaber and Vozashen villages of the Ijevan district, Chinari village of the Berd district opened fire at the Azerbaijani positions located in the Kokhanebi village of the Tovuz district, Gizilhajili, Gaymagli villages and on nameless heights of the Gazakh district.
Positions of the Azerbaijani army also underwent fire from the Armenian positions located near the Garakhanbeyli village of the Fizuli district, the Mehdili village of the Jabrayil district.
Moreover, Azerbaijani positions also took fire from the positions located on nameless heights of the Goranboy district.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
The 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations. Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts.
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