Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug. 11
Trend:
Armenian armed forces have 16 times violated the ceasefire on the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops over the past 24 hours, said Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry Aug. 11.
Armenian army was using large-caliber machine guns.
Armenian armed forces stationed on nameless heights and in villages of Paravakar and Berkaber of Armenia’s Ijevan district opened fire at Azerbaijani positions located in the village of Gizilhajili and on nameless heights of the Gazakh district.
Moreover, Azerbaijani positions also underwent fire from the Armenian positions located near the Chilaburt village of the Terter district, Ashagi Seyidahmadli village of the Fizuli district and Mehdili village of the Jabrayil district.
Azerbaijani positions were also fired at from the nameless heights of Goranboy and Jabrayil districts.
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.