Armenian troops breach ceasefire again
Subunits of the Armenian Armed Forces shattered ceasefire with Azerbaijan in Kuropatkino village of Khojavend region and Mehdili village of Jabrayil region on January 16-17, Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported.
The Armenians were silenced with a retail fire, the Ministry said.
Armenia and Azerbaijan fought a lengthy war that ended with the signing of a fragile ceasefire in 1994. More than 20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed and over 1 million were displaced as a result of the large-scale hostilities. Since the war, Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan's territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions. Armenia continues the occupation in defiance of four UN Security Council resolutions calling for immediate and unconditional withdrawal.
Peace talks brokered by mediators from Russia, France and the U.S. have produced no results so far.
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