Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug. 31
Trend:
Over the past 24 hours, Armenia’s armed forces, using heavy machine guns, have 140 times violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said Aug. 31.
Azerbaijani army positions in the Kohnegishlag village of the Agstafa district, on nameless heights and in the Farahli, Gushchu Ayrim, Gizilhajili villages of the Gazakh district underwent fire from the Armenian army positions located on nameless heights and in the Shavarshavan village of the Noyemberyan district, as well as on nameless heights and in the Paravakar village of the Ijevan district.
Meanwhile, Azerbaijani army positions in the Alibayli, Kokhanabi, Munjuglu and Garalar villages of the Tovuz district of Azerbaijan were shelled from the Armenian army positions located on nameless heights and in the Mosesgekh, Chinari villages of the Berd district of Armenia.
Azerbaijani army positions on nameless heights and in the Zamanli village of the Gadabay district underwent fire from the Armenian army positions located on nameless heights of the Krasnoselsk district.
Moreover, Azerbaijani army positions were shelled from the Armenian positions located near the Armenian-occupied Goyarkh, Chilaburt villages of the Tartar district, Nemirli, Shikhlar, Bash Garvand, Javahirli, Abdinli, Novruzlu, Yusifjanli and Marzili villages of the Aghdam district, the Kuropatkino village of the Khojavand district, the Ashagi Veysalli, Gobu Dilagarda, Garvand, Garakhanbayli, Gorgan, Kurdler and Horadiz villages of the Fuzuli district, Nuzgar village of the Jabrayil district, as well as from the positions located on nameless heights of the Goygol, Goranboy, Tartar, Aghdam and Khojavand 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.