Baku, Azerbaijan, March 2
Trend:
Over the past 24 hours, Armenia’s armed forces have 144 times violated the ceasefire in various directions along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry told Trend March 2.
The Armenian army was using large-caliber machine guns, 60- and 82-millimeter mortars, as well as grenade launchers.
The Azerbaijani army positions located in the Kamarli, Gushchu Ayrim and Bala Jafarli villages of Azerbaijan’s Gazakh district underwent fire from the Armenian army positions located in the Dovekh and Voskevan villages of Noyemberyan district and in the Vazashen village of the Ijevan district of Armenia.
Meanwhile, the Azerbaijani army positions located in the Alibayli and Aghbulag villages of Azerbaijan’s Tovuz district were shelled from the Armenian army positions located in the Mosesgekh and Chinari villages of Armenia’s Berd district.
The Azerbaijani army positions located on nameless heights of Azerbaijan’s Gadabay district also underwent fire from the Armenian army positions located on nameless heights of Armenia’s Krasnoselsk district.
Moreover, the Azerbaijani army positions were shelled from the Armenian army positions located near the Armenian-occupied Chilaburt village of the Tartar district, Sarijali, Marzili and Yusifjanli villages of the Aghdam district, Gorgan, Garakhanbayli, Horadiz, Ashagi Veysalli and Ashagi Seyidahmadli villages of the Fuzuli district, as well as from the positions located on nameless heights of the Goygol, Goranboy, Tartar, Aghdam, Khojavand, Fuzuli and Jabrayil districts of Azerbaijan.
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.