Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 5
Trend:
Over the past 24 hours, Armenia’s armed forces have 6 times violated the ceasefire in various directions along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry told Trend Feb. 5.
Azerbaijani army positions located on the nameless heights of the Gazakh district, Aghbulag village of the Tovuz district and Garavalilar village of the Gadabay district underwent fire from Armenian army positions, located on the nameless heights of the Ijevan district, Chinari village of the Berd district and on the nameless heights of the Krasnoselsk district.
Moreover, the Azerbaijani army positions were shelled from the Armenian positions located near the Armenian-occupied Sarijali village of the Aghdam district, as well as from the positions located on the nameless heights of the Jabrayil district.
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.