Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 11
Trend:
Over the past 24 hours, Armenia’s armed forces have 33 times violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, said Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry Dec. 11.
Armenian army was using mortars and large-caliber machine guns.
Armenian armed forces, located in Barekamavan village of Ijevan district and Chinari village of Berd district subjected to fire the positions of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces located in Gizilahjili village of Gazakh district and Aghbulag village of Tovuz district.
The positions of Azerbaijan's Armed Forces were also fired from positions of Armenian military units located near to the occupied Goyarkh village of Tartar district, Shirvanli village of Aghdam district, Kuropatkino village of Khojavand district, Horadiz, Garakhanbayli villages of Fuzuli district, Mehdili village of Jabrayil district, as well as from positions located on the nameless heights in Tartar, Khojavand, 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.