Baku, Azerbaijan, June 9
Trend:
Armenian armed forces have 27 times violated the ceasefire with Azerbaijan on the line of contact over the past 24 hours, said the message of Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry June 9.
Armenian armed forces stationed in Paravakar village of Armenia's Ijevan district opened fire at the Azerbaijani positions located in the nameless heights of the Qazakh district, Kohneqishlaq village of the Agstafa district.
Armenian army also violated ceasefire from the positions near Merzili village of the Aghdam district, Kuropatkino village of the Khojavand district, Garakhanbeyli, Horadiz, Gorgan villages of the Fizuli district and Mehdili village of the Jabrayil district.
Further on, Azerbaijani positions were shelled from the nameless heights in the Goranboy, Fizuli and Jabrayil districts.
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.