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Armenian troops breach ceasefire with Azerbaijan over 100 times a day

25 September 2015 09:17 (UTC+04:00)
Armenian troops breach ceasefire with Azerbaijan over 100 times a day

Over the past 24 hours, Armenian military 102 times broke ceasefire on various parts of the contact line of Azerbaijani and Armenian troops.

Armenians used large-caliber machine guns and 60-millimeter mortars while violation of the ceasefire, Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported on September 25.

Armenian armed forces stationed in the Berkaber, Azatamut villages of Ijevan district of Armenia, as well as Barekamavan and Dovekh villages of Noyemberyan district opened fire at Azerbaijani positions located in the Gizilhajili, Bala Jafarli, Gaymagli and Kemerli villages of the Gazakh district.

Aside from that, Armenians stationed on the nameless heights of Krasnoselsk district of Armenia opened fire at Azerbaijani positions on the nameless heights of Gadabay district.

Azerbaijani positions also came under fire of Armenians stationed in the Talish, Gulustan villages of Goranboy district, the Chilyaburt, Goyarkh villages of the Terter district, the Novruzlu, Javakhirli, Sarijali, Shikhlar, Yusifjanli, Kengerli, Shuraabad, Merzili villages of Aghdam district, the Kuropatkino village of Khojavand district, the Horadiz, Garakhanbayli, Gorgan, Ashagi Seyidahmadli, Ashagi Veyselli villages of the Fizuli district and the Mehdili village of Jabrail district.

Aside from that, Armenians were firing from positions on the nameless heights in the Goranboy, Khojavand, Fizuli and Jabrail districts.

Given the operational situation, the Azerbaijani armed forces inflicted 159 fire strikes on the enemy positions.

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 US are currently holding peace negotiations. Armenia has not yet implemented the UN Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.

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