Armenia breaks ceasefire with Azerbaijan 115 times
Armenian armed forces have broken the ceasefire with Azerbaijan
115 times in various parts of the contact line between Azerbaijani
and Armenian armies in the last 24 hours, Azerbaijani defense
ministry told Trend Jan. 3.
Azerbaijani positions located in the village of Gizilhajili of
Gazakh district, underwent fire from the positions located in the
village of Berkaber of Armenia’s Ijevan district.
Azerbaijani positions located in the nameless heights of Gadabay
district underwent fire from the positions located in the nameless
heights of Armenia’s Krasnoselsk district.
Azerbaijani positions also underwent fire from the positions
located near the villages of Talish, Gulustan of Goranboy district,
Chileburt, Goyarkh of Terter district, Shikhlar, Javahirli,
Sarijali, Kengerli, Novruzlu, Shuraabad, Yusifjanli, Merzili,
Qaraqashli of Aghdam district, Kuropatkino of Khojavend, Horadiz,
Garakhanbeyli, Gorgan, Ashagi Seyidahmadli of Fizuli district and
Mehdili of Jabrayil district.
Another ceasefire violation came from the positions located on the
nameless heights of Goygol, Goranboy, Khojavend, Fizuli and
Jabrayil districts.
Azerbaijani armed forces carried out 120 strikes on enemy
positions.
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.