Armenia breaks ceasefire with Azerbaijan 120 times
Armenian armed forces have broken the ceasefire with Azerbaijan
120 times in various parts of the contact line between Azerbaijani
and Armenian armies in the last 24 hours, Azerbaijani defense
ministry told Trend Jan. 2.
Azerbaijani positions located in the village of Gizilhajili and the
nameless heights of Gazakh district, as well as the village of
Kohne Gishlag of Agstafa district underwent fire from the positions
located in the village of Paravakar, Berkaber and the nameless
heights of Armenia’s Ijevan district.
Azerbaijani positions located in the village of Alibayli of Tovuz
district and the nameless heights of Gadabay district underwent
fire from the positions located in the village of Mosesgeh of
Armenia’s Berd district, as well as the nameless heights of
Armenia’s Krasnoselsk district.
Azerbaijani positions also underwent fire from the positions
located near the villages of Talish, Gulustan of Goranboy district,
Chileburt, Yarimja, Goyarkh, Chayli of Terter district, Shikhlar,
Novruzlu, Javahirli, Kengerli, Sarijali, Shuraabad, Yusifjanli,
Namirli of Aghdam district, Kuropatkino of Khojavend,
Garakhanbeyli, Gorgan, Horadiz, Ashagi Seyidahmadli, Ashagi
Abdurrahmanli 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 129 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.