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Armenian militaries keep violating ceasefire with Azerbaijan

18 March 2016 12:36 (UTC+04:00)
Armenian militaries keep violating ceasefire with Azerbaijan

The situation on the contact line between Azerbaijan and Armenia has remained tense as the Armenian Armed Forces shattered ceasefire a total of 115 times throughout the day, Azerbaijan`s Defense Ministry reported on March 18.

The ceasefire was violated in nameless hills in Gazakh region, Kohnegishlag village in Aghstafa region, Kokhanabi, Alibayli villages in Tovuz region, nameless hills in Gadabay region, Gulustan village in Goranboy region, Chilaburt, Goyarkh, Yarimja, Chayli villages in Tartar region, Shikhlar, Bash Garvand, Yusifjanli, Novruzlu, Javahirli, Sarijali, Kangarli, Namirli villages in Aghdam region, Kuropatkino village in Khojavand region, Garakhanbayli, Horadiz, Gorgan, Ashagi Seyidahmadli villages in Fuzuli region, Mehdili village in Jabrayil region, as well as nameless hills in Goranboy, Khojavand, Fuzuli and Jabrayil regions.

In view of the operational situation, Azerbaijani armed forces carried out 116 strikes on enemy positions.

For more than two decades Armenia and Azerbaijan are in a state of war following Yerevan’s aggression, ethnic cleansing policy and illegal territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenia keeps under occupation over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent regions in a brutal war in the early 1990s.

Despite a fragile ceasefire agreement signed in 1994, Armenia keeps violating armistice with Azerbaijan. The ministry reports the country shattered ceasefire by almost 125 times throughout the last day.

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