Armenia continues to violate ceasefire with Azerbaijan

By  Trend

Over the past 24 hours, Armenia’s armed forces have 18 times violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry reported on November 3.

Armenian army was using 60-millimeter mortars, grenade launchers and large-caliber machine guns.

The Azerbaijani army positions located in the Bala Jafarli village of Azerbaijan’s Gazakh district underwent fire from the Armenian army positions located in the Vazashen village of the Ijevan district of Armenia.

Meanwhile, positions of the Azerbaijani army located in the Alibayli village of Azerbaijan’s Tovuz district were also shelled from the Armenian army positions located on nameless heights of Armenia’s Berd district.

The Azerbaijani army positions also underwent fire from the Armenian positions located near the Armenian-occupied Horadiz, Gorgan villages of the Fuzuli district, Mehdili village of the Jabrayil district, as well as from the positions located on nameless heights of the Tartar, Khojavand, Fuzuli and Jabrayil 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.