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By Nazrin Gadimova

Azerbaijani Armed Forces have carried out a forced landing of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) - DJI Phantom that belonged to the Armenian military units.

The drone was seized while trying to fly over the Azerbaijani positions on the frontline area, Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said on April 20.

Earlier, Azerbaijan’s military units have destroyed Armenian X-55 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The UAV was destroyed while attempting to fly over the Azerbaijani positions along the frontline.

Another Armenian drone was brought down by the Azerbaijani units on April 7, when it was performing intelligence-gathering operations.

Military operations were stopped on the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian armies on April 5 at 12:00 (UTC/GMT + 4 hours) with the consent of the sides, Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry earlier said. Ignoring the agreement, the Armenian side again started violating the ceasefire.

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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