Armenia keeps high tension on contact line
The situation on the contact line between Azerbaijan and Armenia has remained tense as the Armenian Armed Forces shattered ceasefire a total of 113 times throughout the day, Azerbaijan`s Defence Ministry reported on January 28.
Armenian armed forces stationed in the Parakavar and Vazashen villages of Ijevan district and Barekamavan, Voskevan, Shavarshavan villages of Noyemberian district of Armenia fired at the Azerbaijani armed forces’ positions in the Kohnegishlag village of Agstafa district, Gaymagli, Ashagi Askipara, Gushchu Ayrim, Farahli villages and the nameless heights of Gazakh district.
Azerbaijani armed forces located in the nameless heights of Gedabey district also took fire from the nameless heights in the Krasnoselsk district of Armenia.
The Azerbaijani military also came under fire from positions near Goyarkh, Chileburd, Chayli villages of Terter district, Yusifjanli, Shikhlar, Javahirli, Marzili, Shuraabad, Garagashli, Novruzlu, Sarijali, Kengerli villages of Aghdam district, Kuropatkino village of Khojavand district, Horadiz, Gorgan, Ashagi Seyidahmadli, Ashagi Veysalli villages of Fizuli district and Mehdili village of the Jabrayil district.
Meanwhile, Azerbaijani positions took fire from the positions located at the nameless heights of Jabrayil, Goranboy, Khojavend and Fizuli districts.
The enemy was silenced with return fire.
The ministry further reported that the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops near the village of Mazam of Qazakh district will be monitored on January 29 in accordance with the mandate of the personal representative of the OSCE chairperson-in-office.
On the Azerbaijani side the monitoring will be conducted by the field assistants of the personal representative of the OSCE chairperson-in-office, Jiri Aberle and Simon Tiller. On the Armenian side the monitoring will be held by the field assistants of the personal representative of the OSCE chairperson-in-office, Hristo Hristov, Yevgeny Sharov and Peter Svedberg.
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 two countries signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the US are currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.
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