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Armenia again breaks ceasefire with Azerbaijan

07 February 2017 [10:21] - TODAY.AZ

By  Trend


Over the past 24 hours, Armenia’s armed forces have 22 times violated the ceasefire in various directions along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported on February 7.

The Armenian army was using large-caliber machine guns.

The Azerbaijani army positions located in Gaymagli village and on nameless heights of Azerbaijan’s Gazakh district underwent fire from the Armenian army positions located in the Barekamavan, Shavarshavan villages of the Noyemberyan district and on nameless heights of the Ijevan district of Armenia.

The Azerbaijani army positions located in the Aghbulag and Munjuglu villages of Azerbaijan’s Tovuz district were also shelled from the Armenian army positions located in the Chinari village and on nameless heights of the Berd district of Armenia.

Moreover, the Azerbaijani army positions underwent fire from the Armenian army positions located near the Armenian-occupied Chilaburt village of the Tartar district, Mehdili village of the Jabrayil district, as well as from the positions located on nameless heights of the Goranboy, Tartar, Fuzuli and Khojavand districts of Azerbaijan.

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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