Armenian troops breach ceasefire with Azerbaijan
Armenian armed forces have broken the ceasefire with Azerbaijan 96 times in various parts of the contact line between Azerbaijani and Armenian armies in the last 24 hours, Azerbaijani defense ministry told Trend Dec.15.
Azerbaijani positions located in the villages of Gushchu Ayrim, Kemerli and Gizilhajili of Gazakh district underwent fire from the positions located in the villages of Voskevan and Doveh of Armenia’s Noyemberyan district and Berkaber of Ijevan district.
Azerbaijani positions also took fire from the positions located in the villages of Talish, Gulustan of Goranboy district, Goyarkh, Chileburt of Terter, Shikhlar, Novruzlu, Javahirli, Kengerli, Sarijali, Shuraabad, Garagashli, Yusifjanli, Merzili of Aghdam district, Kuropatkino of Khojavend, Horadiz, Garakhanbeyli, Gorgan, Ashagi Seyidahmadli of Fizuli district and Mehdili of Jabrayil district.
Another ceasefire violation came from the positions located on the nameless heights of Goygol, Goranboy, Khojavend, Fizuli and Jabrayil districts.
Azerbaijani armed forces carried out 100 strikes on 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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