Baku, Azerbaijan, May 1
Trend:
Armenian armed forces have broken the ceasefire with Azerbaijan 76 times in numerous positions in the last 24 hours, the Azerbaijani defense ministry told Trend May 1.
Armenian armed forces located in the villages of Doveh of Armenia's Noyemberyan district, Chinari and Mosesgeh of the Berd district opened fire at the positions of Azerbaijani armed forces located in the villages of Kemerli of the Gazakh district, Agbulag, Aghdam of the Tovuz district.
Azerbaijani positions also underwent fire from the positions located near the village of Talish, Tapgaragoyunlu, Gulustan of the Goranboy district, Chileburt, Goyarkh, Chayli, Giziloba of the Terter district, Shuraabad, Shikhlar, Javahirli, Sarijali, Yusifjanli, Shirvanli, Bash Garvend of the Aghdam district, Kuropatkino of the Khojavend district, Horadiz, Gorgan, Ashagi Abdurrahmanli of the Fizuli district, as well as nameless heights in the Goranboy, Khojavand and Fizuli districts.
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 US are currently holding peace negotiations. Armenia has not yet implemented the UN Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.