Armenia violates ceasefire with Azerbaijan over 50 times in a day

  14 February 2015    Read: 1291
Armenia violates ceasefire with Azerbaijan over 50 times in a day
Over the past 24 hours, the Armenian military 55 times violated ceasefire on various parts of the contact line between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan said Feb. 14.
Armenian armed forces stationed on nameless heights in the Krasnoselsk district of Armenia opened fire at Azerbaijani army positions on nameless heights in the Gadabay district.

Azerbaijani army positions also came under fire from positions near the Talish village of Goranboy district, Goyarkh, Chilaburt, Gizil Oba villages of Tartar district, Yusifjanli, Shikhlar, Sarijali, Kengerli, Novruzlu, Marzili, Shuraabad villages of Aghdam district, Kuropatkino village of Khojavand district, Garakhanbayli, Horadiz, Ashagi Seyidahmadli, Ashagi Abdurrahmanli villages of Fizuli district and the Mehdili village of Jabrail district.

Aside from that, the Azerbaijani army positions came under fire from the positions on nameless heights of Goranboy, Khojavand and Fuzuli districts.

The opposing side was silenced with return fire.

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 two countries signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the US are currently holding peace negotiations.

Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.

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