Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept. 18
Trend:
Over the past 24 hours, Armenian military using heavy machine guns and mortars, 91 times violated ceasefire on various parts of contact line of Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, said Azerbaijani Defense Ministry Sept. 18.
Armenian armed forces stationed in the Barekamavan village of the Noyemberyan district and the nameless heights of the Ijevan district of Armenia, opened fire on the Azerbaijani positions located in the Gaymagli village and the nameless heights of Azerbaijan's Gazakh district.
Azerbaijani military also came under fire from positions near the Talish, Tapgaragoyunlu, Gulustan villages of Goranboy district, the Chilyaburt, Chayli, Gizil Oba villages of Tartar district, the Novruzlu, Kangarli, Shikhlar, Javahirli, Bash Garvand villages of Aghdam district, the Kuropatkino village of Khojavand district, the Horadiz, Garakhanbeyli, Gorgan, Ashagi Seyidahmadli, Ashagi Abdurrahmanli villages of Fizuli district and the Mehdili village of Jabrail district.
Azerbaijani soldiers were also fired at from positions on nameless heights in the Goranboy, Khojavand and Fizuli districts.
In view of the operational situation, the Azerbaijani armed forces inflicted 146 fire strikes on the enemy positions.
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 the UN Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.
Edited by SI