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Armenian troops breach ceasefire with Azerbaijan

25 May 2015 10:16 (UTC+04:00)
Armenian troops breach ceasefire with Azerbaijan

Armenian armed forces have broken the ceasefire with Azerbaijan 75 times in numerous positions in the last 24 hours, Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry reported on May 25.

Armenian armed forces, located in the village of Chinari of Armenia’s Berd district, opened fire at the positions of Azerbaijani armed forces located in the village of Kokhanebi of Tovuz district.

Azerbaijani positions located on the nameless heights of Gadabay district, took fire from the positions located on the nameless heights of Armenia’s Krasnoselskiy district.

Azerbaijani positions also underwent fire from the positions located near the villages of Talish, Gulustan of Goranboy district, Chayli, Chileburt, Goyarkh of Terter, Shuraabad, Sarijali, Javahirli, Shikhlar, Yusifjanli, Merzili of Aghdam, Kuropatkino of Khojavend, Horadiz, Ashagi Seyidahmadli, Garakhanbeyli of Fizuli district.

Moreover, Azerbaijani positions took fire from the positions located on the nameless heights of Goranboy, Khojavend and Fizuli districts.

The enemy was silenced with return fire.

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 the UN Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.

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