Armenia continues breaking ceasefire with Azerbaijan

By  Trend

times violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry reported on November 17.

The Azerbaijani army positions located in the Kamarli and Bala Jafarli villages of Azerbaijan’s Gazakh district underwent fire from the Armenian army positions located on nameless heights of the Noyemberyan district and in the Vazashen village of the Ijevan district of Armenia.

Meanwhile, the Azerbaijani army positions located in the Munjuglu village of the Tovuz district were shelled from the Armenian army positions located on the nameless heights of the Berd district of Armenia.

Moreover, the Azerbaijani army positions were also underwent fire from the Armenian positions located near the Armenian-occupied Goyarkh village of the Tartar district, Horadiz and Garakhanbayli villages of the Aghdam district, as well as on nameless heights of the Tartar and Aghdam 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.