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Armenia violates ceasefire with Azerbaijan

30 January 2015 [14:18] - TODAY.AZ

Over the past 24 hours, Armenian military 79 times violated ceasefire on various parts of the contact line between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said Jan. 30.

Armenian armed forces stationed in Parakavar and Berkaber villages of Ijevan district of Armenia fired at the Azerbaijani armed forces’ positions in Kohnegishlag village of Agstafa district, Qizilhajili village of Gazakh district.

Armenian armed forces stationed in Mosesqekh and Chinari villages of Berd district of Armenia fired at the Azerbaijani armed forces’ positions in Aghdam and Kohanebi villages of Tovuz district.

Azerbaijani armed forces located in the nameless heights of Gedabey district also took fire from the nameless heights in Krasnoselsk district of Armenia.

The Azerbaijani military also came under fire from positions near Goyarkh, Chileburd villages of Terter district, Tapqaraqoyunlu village of Goranboy district, Yusifjanli, Bash Gervend, Shikhlar, Javahirli, Shuraabad, Novruzlu villages of Aghdam district, Kuropatkino village of Khojavand district, Qarakhanbayli, Ashagi Seyidahmadli, Ashagi Abdurrakhmanli villages of Fizuli district and Mehdili village of Jabrayil district.

Meanwhile, Azerbaijani positions took fire from the positions located at the nameless heights of Jabrayil, Goranboy, Khojavend and Fizuli 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.


/By Trend/

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