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Armenia breaks ceasefire with Azerbaijan 20 times in 24 hours

22 October 2016 [11:23] - TODAY.AZ

By  Trend


Over the past 24 hours, Armenia’s armed forces have 20 times violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops using large-calibre weapons, Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry reported on October 22.

The Azerbaijani army positions located in Farakhli village of the Gazakh district were shot at from the Armenian army positions located in Sharashvaran village of the Noyemberyan district.

Azerbaijan’s army positions located on nameless height in the Gadabay district also went under fire from nameless heights of Armenia’s Krasnoselsk district.

Azerbaijani positions located on nameless heights of the Tovuz district were shot at from nameless heights of Armenian Berd district.

Azerbaijani positions were also shelled from nameless heights near Chilaburt village of Tartar, Bash Garvand, Nemerli, Shuraabad villages of Agdam districts, as well as from the positions located on nameless heights of the Goygol, Goranboy, Fizuli and Tartar 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.

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