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Armenian troops breach truce 43 times throughout the day

21 December 2016 [12:49] - TODAY.AZ

The Armenian armed units shattered ceasefire with Azerbaijan a total of 43 times throughout the day, Azerbaijan`s Defense Ministry reported on December 21.

The Armenian armed forces, stationed in Armenia`s Parakavar, Azatamut villages and nameless hills in Ijevan district, Voskevan village in Noyemberyan district and nameless hills in Krasnoselsk district subjected to fire the positions of the Azerbaijani armed forces located in Gushchu Ayrim and Jafarli villages in Gazakh district, Kohnegishlag village in Aghstafa district and nameless hills in Gadabay district.

The ceasefire was also violated in Chilaburt village in Tartar district, Garakhanbayli, Ashagi Veyselli, Ashagi Seyidahmadli and Horadiz villages in Fuzuli district, Javahirli, Shurabad and Yusifjanli villages in Aghdam district as well as nameless hills in Goranboy, Tartar, Fuzuli and Jabrayil districts.

Azerbaijan and Armenia fought a lengthy war that ended with the signing of a fragile ceasefire in 1994. Since the war, Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan's territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions. More than 20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed and over 1 million were displaced as a result of the large-scale hostilities.

While the OSCE Minsk Group acted as the only mediator in resolution of the conflict, the occupation of the territory of the sovereign State with its internationally recognized boundaries has been left out of due attention of the international community for years.

Armenia ignores four UN Security Council resolutions on immediate withdrawal from the occupied territory of Azerbaijan, thus keeping tension high in the region.

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