Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 18
Trend:
Over the past 24 hours, Armenia’s armed forces have 43 times violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, said Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry Dec. 18.
The Azerbaijani army positions located on the nameless heights and Ashagi Askipara village of the Gazakh district, as well as Alibayli and Agbulag villages of the Tovuz district underwent fire from the Armenian army positions located on the nameless heights and Paravakar village of the Ijevan district, Voskepar village of the Noyemberyan district, Aygepar and Chinari villages of the Berd district of Armenia.
Moreover, the Azerbaijani army positions also underwent fire from the Armenian positions located near the Armenian-occupied Chilaburt and Goyarkh villages of the Tartar district, Ashagi Veyselli, Qarakhanbayli, Horadiz villages of the Fuzuli district, as well as from the positions located on nameless heights of the Goranboy, 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.