Baku, Azerbaijan, July 20
Trend:
Armenian armed forces have broken the ceasefire with Azerbaijan 96 times in numerous positions in the last 24 hours, Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said July 20.
Armenian armed forces located in the village of Vazashen of Armenia's Ijevan district, Chinari, Aygepar and Mosesgerh of Berd district, opened fire at the positions of Azerbaijani armed forces located on the nameless heights of Gazakh district, as well as in the villages of Aghdam, Alibeyli and Kokhanebi of Tovuz district.
Azerbaijani positions located on the nameless heights of Gadabay district underwent fire from the positions located on the nameless heights of Armenia's Krasnoselskiy district.
Another ceasefire violation came from the positions located near the villages of Talish, Gulustan of Goranboy district, Goyarkh, Chileburt, Yarimja of Terter, Shuraabad, Shikhlar, Javahirli, Yusifjanli, Garagashli, Merzili of Aghdam, Kuropatkino of Khojavend, Garakhanbeyli, Horadiz, Ashagi Seyidahmadli of Fizuli, Mehdili of Jabrayil district.
Moreover, Azerbaijani positions took fire from the positions located on the nameless heights of Goranboy, Khojavend, Fizuli and Jabrayil 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.
Edited by SI