Armenian troops violate ceasefire with Azerbaijan

Armenian armed forces broke the ceasefire with Azerbaijan 32 times in numerous positions over the past 24 hours, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported on February 25.

Armenian armed forces, located in the nameless heights of Armenia’s Krasnoselsk district, opened fire at the positions of Azerbaijani armed forces located in the nameless heights of the Gadabay district.

Azerbaijani positions underwent fire from the positions located near the villages of Tapgaragoyunlu of the Goranboy district, Yusifjanli, Kengerli, Qaraqashli, Sarijali, Shikhlar, Shuraabad, Javakhirli of the Aghdam district, Horadiz, Ashagi Seyidahmadli of the Fizuli district, Mehdili of the Jabrayil district and Kuropatkino of the Khojavend district.

Moreover, the Azerbaijani positions took fire from the positions located on the nameless heights of Goranboy, Khojavend, Fizuli districts.

The enemy 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/