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Armenian troops breach truce with Azerbaijan 128 times in 24 hours

22 May 2017 09:58 (UTC+04:00)
Armenian troops breach truce with Azerbaijan 128 times in 24 hours

Over the past 24 hours, Armenia’s armed forces have 128 times violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said May 22.

The Azerbaijani army positions in Bala Jafarli village of the Gazakh district underwent fire from the Armenian army positions located on the nameless heights of the Ijevan district of Armenia.

Meanwhile, the Azerbaijani army positions in Munjuglu village of the Tovuz district were shelled from the Armenian army positions located in Ayqedzor village of the Berd district of Armenia.

The Azerbaijani army positions on nameless heights of the Gadabay district underwent fire from the Armenian army positions located on nameless heights of the Krasnoselsk district of Armenia.

Moreover, the Azerbaijani army positions were shelled from the Armenian positions located near the Armenian-occupied Chilaburt village of the Tartar district, Shikhlar, Shirvanli, Qaraqashli, Bash Garvand, Javahirli, Marzili villages of the Aghdam district, Kuropatkino village of the Khojavand district, Gorgan, Garakhanbayli, Horadiz villages of the Fuzuli district, as well as from the positions located on the nameless heights in the Goranboy, Tartar, Aghdam, Khojavand, Fuzuli districts of Azerbaijan.

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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