Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 4
Trend:
Over the past 24 hours, Armenia’s armed forces have 18 times violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, said Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry Nov. 4.
The Azerbaijani army positions located in the Bala Jafarli village of Azerbaijan’s Gazakh district underwent fire from the Armenian army positions located on nameless heights of the Ijevan district of Armenia.
Meanwhile, positions of the Azerbaijani army located in the Munjuglu and Kokhanabi villages of Azerbaijan’s Tovuz district were also shelled from the Armenian army positions located in the Aygedzor and Chinari villages of Armenia’s Berd district.
The Azerbaijani army positions also underwent fire from the Armenian positions located near the Armenian-occupied Chilaburt village of Azerbaijan’s Tartar district, Garagashli village of the Aghdam district, Horadiz, Gorgan, Garakhanbayli villages of the Fuzuli district, as well as from the positions located on nameless heights of the Goranboy, Tartar, Fuzuli 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.