Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept. 27
Trend:
Over the past 24 hours, Armenian military 76 times violated ceasefire on various parts of contact line between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops.
The 60-mm and 82-mm mortars were used by Armenians to violate the ceasefire, said Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry Sept. 27.
Armenian armed forces stationed in the Berkaber village of Armenia's Ijevan district, opened fire on Azerbaijani positions located in the Gizilhajili village of Azerbaijan's Gazakh district.
Aside from that, Azerbaijani military came under Armenian fire from positions in the Goyarkh village of Terter district, the Kangarli and Marzili villages of Agdam district, the Horadiz, Garakhanbeyli, Gorgan, Ashagi Seyidahmadli and Ashagi Abdurrahmanli villages of Fizuli district, and the Mehdili village of Jabrail district.
Armenians were also firing from positions on nameless heights in the Goranboy and Fizuli districts.
In view of the operational situation, the Azerbaijani armed forces inflicted 80 strikes on 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.