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Armenian armed forces violate ceasefire with Azerbaijan

11 November 2014 [11:11] - TODAY.AZ

Over the past 24 hours, the Armenian armed forces violated ceasefire with Azerbaijan 64 times on various parts of the contact line of Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan said Nov. 11.

Armenian soldiers, stationed in the villages of Chinari, Mosesqekh and Aygepar of Armenia’s Berd district opened fire at the Azerbaijani armed forces’ positions in the villages of Kokhanabi and Alibayli of Azerbaijan’s Tovuz district.

The Azerbaijani positions were also fired at the nameless heights in the Gadabay district from the positions at the nameless height of Armenia’s Krasnoselsk district.

Armenians also opened fire from positions near the villages of Chilyaburt of the Tartar district, Tapqaraqoyunlu of the Goranboy district, Yusifjanli, Marzili, Shuraabad of the Agdam district, Horadiz, Ashagi Veysalli, Garakhanbayli, Ashagi Seyidahmadli of the Fizuli district, Kuropatkino of the Khojavand district and Mehdili of the Jabrayil district.

The Azerbaijani positions were also fired at from the nameless heights in the Goranboy, Khojavand, Fizuli and Jabrail districts.

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 US are currently holding peace negotiations.

Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.

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