Baku, Azerbaijan, July 29
Trend:
Armenian armed forces have 24 times violated the ceasefire on the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops over the past 24 hours, said Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry July 29.
Armenian armed forces, stationed on the nameless heights of Armenia’s Ijevan district, in the villages of Voskevan and Shavarshavan of the Noyemberyan district opened fire at positions of Azerbaijani armed forces on the nameless heights and in the villages of Gushchu Ayrim and Kemerli of the Gazakh district.
Azerbaijani positions located in the Munjuglu and Alibayli villages of the Tovuz district also took fire from the positions located on nameless heights and in the Aygepar village of Armenia’s Berd district.
Azerbaijani positions were shelled from the positions near the Kuropatkino village of Khojavand district and Mehdili village of Jabrayil district.
Moreover, Azerbaijani positions took fire from the positions located on nameless heights of Goygol, Goranboy 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.