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Armenia continues to violate ceasefire with Azerbaijan

25 September 2016 10:38 (UTC+04:00)
Armenia continues to violate ceasefire with Azerbaijan

By Trend

Armenia’s armed forces have 6 times violated the ceasefire on the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops over the past 24 hours, said Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry on September 25.

The Armenian armed forces stationed on Vazashen village of the Ijevan district opened fire at the Azerbaijani positions located on nameless heights of the Gazakh district.

Positions of the Azerbaijani army also underwent fire from the Armenian positions located near the Ashagi Seyidahmadli and Garakhanbayli villages of Azerbaijan’s Fuzuli 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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