Ceasefire broken as Armenia shoots at Azerbaijani positions
By Trend
Armenia’s armed forces have 13 times violated the ceasefire on the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops over the past 24 hours, Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry reported on Augiust 26.
The Armenian armed forces stationed on nameless heights of Ijevan, Krasnoselsk districts and in the Aygepar village of the Berd district of Armenia opened fire at the Azerbaijani positions located on nameless heights of the Gazakh, Tovuz and Gadabay districts.
Positions of the Azerbaijani army also underwent fire from the Armenian positions located near occupied Sarijali village of Azerbaijan’s Aghdam district, Horadiz, Gorgan and Garakhanbayli villages of the Fizuli district, as well as from the positions located on nameless heights of the Goranboy 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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