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Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct.2
By Elmir Murad - Trend:
Azerbaijani armed forces have prevented the attempt of transferring the troops of Armenian armed forces on various parts of the contact line on Oct.1-2, Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said Oct.2.
As a result of the carried out strikes, two servicemen of Armenian armed forces were eliminated. Moreover, a large number of servicemen got injured from the Armenian side.
Azerbaijani armed forces suffered no losses and fully control the operational situation, said the Defense Ministry.
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.