Baku, Azerbaijan, March 5
Trend:
Over the past 24 hours, Armenia’s armed forces have 126 times violated the ceasefire in various directions along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry told Trend March 5.
The Armenian army was using 60- and 82-millimeter mortars (18 shells), as well as divisional gun D-44 (2 shells).
The Azerbaijani army positions located in Qaymaqli, Kamarli, Jafarli, Gushchu Ayrim villages and on the nameless heights of the Gazakh district of Azerbaijan underwent fire from the Armenian army positions located on the nameless heights and in Shavarshavan, Voskevan, Barekamavan villages and on the nameless heights of the Noyemberyan district, Paravakar village and on the nameless heights of the Ijevan district of Armenia.
Meanwhile, the Azerbaijani army positions located in Aghbulag village of the Tovuz district, Kohneqishlaq village of the Agstafa district, as well as on the nameless heights of Azerbaijan’s Gadabay district, were shelled from the Armenian army positions located in Chinari village of the Berd district and on the nameless heights of Armenia’s Krasnoselsk district.
Moreover, the Azerbaijani army positions were shelled from the Armenian army positions located near the Armenian-occupied Goyarkh, Chilaburt villages of the Tartar district, Qaraqashli, Marzili, Chiraqli, Javakhirli villages of the Aghdam district, Kuropatkino village of the Khojavand district, Gorgan, Horadiz, Ashagi Seyidahmadli, Qarakhanbayli villages of the Fuzuli district, Mehdili village of the Jabrayil district, as well as from the positions located on nameless heights of the Goygol, Goranboy, Tartar, Aghdam, Khojavand, Jabrayil and Fuzuli districts of Azerbaijan.
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.