Baku, Azerbaijan, July 7
By Ilkin Izzet - Trend:
The ceasefire on the Armenian-Azerbaijani contact line was broken 19 times in numerous positions on July 6, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said on July 7.
Azerbaijani positions took fire from the positions located in the village of Garakhanbeyli and Ashagi Seyidahmadli of Fizuli region, near the village of Goyarkh and at the nameless heights of Terter region.
The opposing side was silenced with return fire.
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 two countries signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the U.S. are currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.
Edited by S.I.