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Armenia continues to shell Azerbaijani positions

Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict Materials 21 May 2016 10:11 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, May 21

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Armenian armed forces have 29 times violated the ceasefire with Azerbaijan on the line of contact over the past 24 hours, Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry said May 21.

Armenian army was using large-caliber machine guns.

Azerbaijani positions, located in the Munjuglu village of the Tovuz district was shelled from the positions located in the Aygedzor village of Armenia's Berd district.

Moreover, Azerbaijani positions took fire from the positions located in the Namirli village of the Aghdam district, Kuropatkino village and nameless heights of the Khojavand district.

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.

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