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Armenia continues to break ceasefire with Azerbaijan

Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict Materials 31 August 2016 10:58 (UTC +04:00)
Armenia’s armed forces have nine times violated the ceasefire on the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops over the past 24 hours, said Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry Aug. 31.
Armenia continues to break ceasefire with Azerbaijan

Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug. 31

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Armenia’s armed forces have nine times violated the ceasefire on the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops over the past 24 hours, said Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry Aug. 31.

The Armenian armed forces stationed in Vazashen village of the Ijevan district and on nameless heights of the Krasnoselsk district of Armenia opened fire at the Azerbaijani positions located in Bala Jafarli village of the Gazakh district and on nameless heights of the Gadabay district.

Positions of the Azerbaijani army also underwent fire from the Armenian positions located near Horadiz and Gorgan villages of Azerbaijan’s Fizuli district, as well as from the positions located on nameless heights of the Goranboy district.

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.

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