Armenia breaks ceasefire with Azerbaijan

  05 February 2017    Read: 1427
Armenia breaks ceasefire with Azerbaijan
Over the past 24 hours, Armenia’s armed forces have 6 times violated the ceasefire in various directions along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry told on Feb. 5.
Azerbaijani army positions located in nameless hills in Gazakh region, Aghbulag village of Tovuz region and Garavalilar village of Gadabay region underwent fire from Armenian army positions, located in nameless hills in Ijevan region, in Chinari village of Berd region and in nameless hills in Krasnoselsk region.

Moreover, the Azerbaijani army positions were shelled from the Armenian positions located near the occupied Sarijali village of Aghdam region, as well as from positions located in the nameless hills in Jabrayil region.

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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