Baku, Azerbaijan, Mar. 29
Trend:
Over the past 24 hours, Armenian Armed Forces have 125 times violated the ceasefire in various directions along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, Azerbaijani Defense Ministry told Trend Mar. 29.
The Azerbaijani army positions located in Kamarli and Qaymagli villages of the Gazakh district and Munjuglu village of the Tovuz district underwent fire from the Armenian army positions located in Barekamavan, Dovekh villages and on the nameless heights of the Noyemberyan district and Chinari village of the Berd district of Armenia.
The Azerbaijani army positions were also shelled from the Armenian positions located near the Armenian-occupied Goyarkh, Chilaburt villages of the Tartar district, Bash Garvand, Marzili villages of the Aghdam district, Kuropatkino village of the Khojavand district, Gorgan, Horadiz, Garakhanbayli, Ashagi Seyidahmadli and Ashagi Veyselli villages of the Fuzuli district, as well as from the positions on the nameless heights of the Goranboy, Tartar, Khojavand, Fuzuli and Jabrayil 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.