Armenian army breaks ceasefire with Azerbaijan

Armenian armed forces have 16 times violated the ceasefire on the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops over the past 24 hours, said Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry July 30.

Positions of Azerbaijan’s armed forces were shelled from the positions located near the Chilaburt village of the Terter district, Gorgan, Garakhanbayli villages of the Fizuli district, Kuropatkino village of the Khojavand district and Mehdili village of the Jabrayil district.

Azerbaijani positions also took fire from the positions located on nameless heights of the Goygol 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/