Armenia breaks ceasefire with Azerbaijan

  01 May 2017    Read: 1843
Armenia breaks ceasefire with Azerbaijan
Over the past 24 hours, Armenia’s Armed Forces have 116 times violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said May 1.
The Azerbaijani army positions in the Kohnegishlag village of the Aghstafa district, Bala Jafarli and Gushchu Ayrim villages of the Gazakh district underwent fire from the Armenian army positions located on nameless heights and Paravakar village of Armenia’s Ijevan district and on nameless heights of the Noyemberyan district of Armenia.

Meanwhile, the Azerbaijani army positions in Aghbulag village of the Tovuz district were shelled from the Armenian army positions located in Chinari village of the Berd district of Armenia.

The Azerbaijani army positions on nameless heights of the Gadabay district also underwent fire from the Armenian army positions located on nameless heights of the Krasnoselsk district of Armenia.

Moreover, the Azerbaijani army positions were shelled from the Armenian positions located near the Armenian-occupied Qaraqashli, Shirvanli, Javakhirli, Yusifjanli, Marzili villages of the Aghdam district, Horadiz, Qarakhanbayli, Gorgan villages of the Fuzuli district, as well as from the positions located on nameless heights in the Goygol, Goranboy and Tartar 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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