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Armenia continues to violate ceasefire with Azerbaijan

18 July 2016 [10:06] - TODAY.AZ

Armenian armed forces have 15 times violated the ceasefire on the line of contact of the Azerbaijani and Armenian troops over the past 24 hours, said Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry July 18.

Armenian armed forces, stationed in the village of Voskevan of Armenia’s Noyemberyan district and nameless heights of the Krasnoselsk district, opened fire at Azerbaijani positions located in the village of Gushchu Ayrim and the nameless heights of the Gadabay district.

Moreover, Azerbaijani positions underwent fire from the positions located near Horadiz village of the Fizuli district and nameless heights of the Goranboy district.

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 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations. Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts.

/By Trend/

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