Armenian troops breach ceasefire in numerous directions
The ceasefire on the Armenian-Azerbaijani contact line has been
broken 18 times in numerous directions last night, the Azerbaijani
Defense Ministry reported on May 26.
The armed forces of Armenia, located in the village of Berkaber of
Armenia's Noyemberyan region, opened fire at the positions of
Azerbaijani Armed Forces, located in the village of Gizilhajili of
Gazakh region.
Also, the Azerbaijani positions took fire from the positions
located near the villages of Garakhanbeyli, Gorgan, Ashagi
Abdurrahmanli, Ashagi Seyidahmadli of Fizuli, Yusifjanli of Aghdam,
Chayli, Chilaburt of Terter, and at the nameless heights in the
Khojavend region.
The opposing side was silenced with return fire.
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 two countries signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the U.S. are
currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.
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