Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 31
Trend:
Over the past 24 hours, Armenia’s armed forces have 45 times violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops by using 60 mm caliber mortars, grenade launchers and heavy machine guns, Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry reported Oct. 31.
The Azerbaijani army positions located in Qushchu Ayrim village and the nameless heights of Azerbaijan’s Qazakh district, Munjuglu village of the Tovuz district and nameless heights of Gadabay district took fire from the Armenian army positions located in Voskevan village of Armenia’s Noyemberyan district, nameless heights in Ijevan, Berd and Krasnoselsk districts.
The Azerbaijani army positions also were shelled from the Armenian positions located near occupied Javakhirli village of Azerbaijan’s Aghdam district, Horadiz, Ashagi Seyidahmadli villages of the Fuzuli district, Kuropatkino village of the Khojavand district, as well as from the positions located on nameless heights of the Goranboy, Tartar 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.