Armenian troops keep high tension on frontline
The Armenian armed units shattered ceasefire with Azerbaijan a total of 16 times throughout the day, Azerbaijan`s Defense Ministry reported on September 29.
Armenian armed forces, located in Armenia`s Barekamavan village in Noyemberian region, Vazashen village in Ijevan region and Ayqedzor village in Berd region subjected to fire the positions of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces located in Gaymagli, Bala Jafarli villages and nameless hills in Gazakh region and Agbulag village in Tovuz region.
The ceasefire was also violated in Garakhanbeyli village in Fuzuli region, near the Mehdili village in Jabrayil region, as well as nameless hills in Goronboy region .
Armenia broke out a lengthy war against Azerbaijan laying territorial claims on its South Caucasus neighbor. Since a war in the early 1990s, Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan's territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions. More than 20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed and over 1 million were displaced as a result of the large-scale hostilities.
Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding districts.
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