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Armenia commits provocation on state border with Azerbaijan

17 January 2017 [14:23] - TODAY.AZ

By Rashid Shirinov

Armenian Armed Forces have once again resorted to a provocation at the Azerbaijani-Armenian state border, Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry reported on January 17.

The Armenian side started firing the Azerbaijani army positions located at the state border in the territory of Azerbaijan’s Tovuz region on Tuesday morning.

The Armenian army opened fire from a “Bumblebee” portable flamethrower, said the ministry. The Azerbaijani side did not suffer any losses.

The Defense Ministry once again declared that if the Armenian side will continue to carry out such provocations in the future, Azerbaijan's retaliatory strike will be more shattering.

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. More than 20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed and over 1 million were displaced as a result of the large-scale hostilities. The 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations.

Armenia still controls fifth part of Azerbaijan's territory and rejects implementing four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding districts.

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