Armenia continues to break ceasefire with Azerbaijan

Armenian armed forces have 7 times violated the ceasefire on the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops over the past 24 hours, Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministryreported on August 21.

Armenian armed forces, stationed in the village of Barekamavan of Armenia’s Noyemberyan district, opened fire at Azerbaijani positions located on the nameless heights and in the village of Farakhli of Gazakh district.

Azerbaijani positions also underwent fire from the positions located near the Qarakhanbeyli village of the Fizuli district.

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

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.