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Armenia violates ceasefire with Azerbaijan over 90 times

01 December 2015 [12:37] - TODAY.AZ

Armenian armed forces have broken the ceasefire with Azerbaijan 93 times in various parts of the contact line between Azerbaijani and Armenian armies in the last 24 hours, Azerbaijani defense ministry said Dec.1.

Azerbaijani positions located in the village of Gushchu Ayrim of Gazakh district, took fire from the positions located in the village of Voskevan of Armenia’s Noyemberyan district.

Meanwhile, Azerbaijani positions underwent fire from the positions located near the village of Talish of Goranboy district, Goyarkh, Yarimja of Terter, Shikhlar, Javahirli, Kengerli, Sarijali, Nemirli, Shuraabad, Garagashli, Bash Gervend of Aghdam district, Kuropatkino of Khojavend, Horadiz, Garakhanbeyli, Gorgan, Ashagi Seyidahmadli of Fizuli district, Mehdili of Jabrayil district.
Another ceasefire violation came from the positions located on the nameless heights of Goranboy, Fizuli and Jabrayil districts.

Azerbaijani armed forces carried out 98 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.

/By Trend/

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