Armenian troops break ceasefire with Azerbaijan
The Armenian armed forces opened fire at positions of the Azerbaijani armed forces from the positions located nearby occupied villages of Bash Gervend, Shikhlar in the Agdam region, Ashagi Seyidahmedli, Garakhanbeyli and Gorgan of Fizuli region and Kuropatkino of Khojavend region yesterday and last night, the Azerbaijani Defence Ministry reported.
The Armenians were silenced with a retail fire, the Defense Ministry said.
The precarious cease-fire between Azerbaijan and Armenia was reached after a lengthy war that displaced over a million Azerbaijanis and has been in place between the two South Caucasus countries since 1994. Since the hostilities, Armenian armed forces have occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized territory, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
The UN Security Council has adopted four resolutions on Armenia's withdrawal from the Azerbaijani territory, but they have not been enforced to this day.