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Armenia again breaks ceasefire with Azerbaijan

Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict Materials 23 December 2016 09:56 (UTC +04:00)
Over the past 24 hours, Armenia’s armed forces have 37 times violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops.
Armenia again breaks ceasefire with Azerbaijan

Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 23

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Over the past 24 hours, Armenia’s armed forces have 37 times violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, said Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry Dec. 23.

Armenian army was using 60-millimeter mortars.

The Azerbaijani army positions located in the 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, the Azerbaijani army positions located in the Aghbulag village of Azerbaijan’s Tovuz district were shelled from Armenian army positions located in the Chinari village of the Berd district of Armenia.

Moreover, the Azerbaijani army positions underwent fire from the Armenian positions located near the Armenian-occupied Goyarkh, Chilaburt villages of the Tartar district, Bash Gervend, Yusifjanli, Sarijali villages of the Aghdam district, Kuropatkino village of the Khojavand district, Garakhanbayli village of the Fuzuli district, as well as from the positions located on nameless heights of the Goranboy, 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.

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