Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 19
Trend:
Over the past 24 hours, Armenia’s armed forces have 22 times violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, said Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry Nov. 19.
Armenian army was using large-caliber machine guns.
The Azerbaijani army positions located in the Gizilhajili and Gaymagli villages and on nameless heights of Azerbaijan’s Gazakh district underwent fire from the Armenian army positions located in the Berkaber village of the Ijevan district, Voskepar and Barekamavan villages of Armenia’s Noyemberyan.
Meanwhile, the Azerbaijani army positions located in Kokhanabi village of the country’s Tovuz district and on nameless heights of the Gadabay district underwent fire from the Armenian army positions located on the nameless heights of Berd and Krasnoselsk districts.
Moreover, the Azerbaijani army positions also underwent fire from the Armenian positions located near the Armenian-occupied Chilaburt village of the Tartar district, Javakhirli and Bash Qarvand villages of the Aghdam district, Ashagi Seyidahmadli village of the Fuzuli district, as well as on nameless heights of the Goranboy, Tartar and Khojavand 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.