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Armenian troops keep high tension on contact line of troops

6 October 2016 13:34 (UTC+04:00)
Armenian troops keep high tension on contact line of troops

Armenia’s armed forces have 21 times violated the ceasefire on the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops over the past 24 hours, said Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry reported on October 6.

Positions of the Azerbaijani army in Gaymagli and Bala Jafarli villages of the Gazakh district underwent fire from the Armenian positions located in Barekamavan village of Armenia’s Noyemberyan district and Vazashen village of the Ijevan district.

The Azerbaijani army positions also underwent fire from the Armenian positions located near Yusifjanli village, Marzili village of the Aghdam district, Kuropatkino village of the Khojavend district, Mehdili village of the Jabrayil district, as well as from the positions located on nameless heights of Tartar, Goranboy, Jabrayil and Fizuli districts.

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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