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By Laman Ismayilova

The presence of Armenian armed forces in the occupied Azerbaijani territories raises tension and is threat for peace and stability in region.

Chairman of the Brazil-Azerbaijan inter-parliamentary friendship group, member of the Chamber of Deputies Claudio Cajado has made the remark at the plenary session, while commenting on the latest violation of ceasefire by Armenians on the troops’ contact line, the Azerbaijani embassy in Brazil reported.

Cajado reminded the four resolutions of the UN Security Council on withdrawal of Armenian troops from the occupied lands and stated that “these resolutions need full and immediate implementation”.

For over two decades, Azerbaijan and Armenia have been locked in conflict which emerged over Armenia's territorial claims against its South Caucasus neighbor. Since a war in the early 1990s, Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan's territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions.

Over the entire period of its existence, the OSCE Minsk Group, which acted as the only mediator in resolution of the conflict, failed to move forward in resolving the long lasting conflict

Earlier Vice-President of the Brazil-Azerbaijan inter-parliamentary friendship group at the Brazil's Chamber of Deputies Rodrigo Maia and Rio de Janeiro City Council’s external affairs committee chairman Cesar Maia have made joint statement on the violation of ceasefire at the frontline of the Armenian-Azerbaijani troops

“It is over 20 years that Azerbaijani lands are under the Armenian occupation. As a result of this occupation more than one million of Azerbaijanis have become refugees and IDPs.

Unfortunately, Armenia ignores Four Resolutions adopted by UN Security Council in 1993 when Brazil was the non-permanent member of the UN SC and supported these documents. The world community, including the OSCE Minsk Group should make every effort and exert pressure on the aggressor to implement these Resolutions. Related to the happenings, we express our full solidarity with the fair position of Azerbaijan”, the statement reads.

The situation on the frontline aggravated on April 2 after the Armenian military units in the occupied lands started shelling Azerbaijan’s positions.

To protect civilian population, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces launched counter attacks and as a result, the Azerbaijani troops retook hills around the village of Talish, as well as Seysulan settlement, and also took over Lele Tepe hill located in the direction of Fizuli region.

The hostilities renewed in the occupied Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan on April 4, as the Armenian side continued to shell the Azerbaijani positions although the Azerbaijani side announced unilateral ceasefire on April 3.

The Azerbaijani Army destroyed about 370 enemy soldiers since the start of the hostilities, according to the defense ministry.

Azerbaijan and Armenia have agreed to cease operations on the line of contact starting from 12.00, April 5, as a meeting between the Chief of General Staff of Azerbaijan Armed Forces Colonel General Najmaddin Sadikov and the Chief of General Staff of Armenian Armed Forces Colonel General Yuri Khachaturyan took place by the mediation of the Russian side.

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