Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 20
Trend:
Over the past 24 hours, Armenia’s armed forces have 23 times violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, said Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry Nov. 20.
Armenian armed forces, located in Berkaber, Paravakar villages of Armenia’s Ijevan district, and on nameless heights in Krasnoselsk district subjected to fire the positions of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces located in Gizilhajili village and on nameless heights in Gazakh district and Garavalilar village in Gedebey district.
The positions of Azerbaijan's Armed Forces were also fired from positions of Armenian military units located near to the occupied Chilaburt village of Tartar district, Shirvanli village of Aghdam district, Horadiz village of Fuzuli district, as well as the nameless heights in 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.