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Baku, Azerbaijan, Apr. 5
By Samir Ali - Trend:
Armenia's armed units continue artillery shelling of frontline villages in Azerbaijan's Terter district, Mustagim Mammadov, head of the district's executive power, told Trend Apr. 5.
Mammadov said up to 160 houses have been damaged from April 2 until today.
He added that seven houses have been destroyed completely.
On the night of Apr. 2, all the frontier positions of Azerbaijan were subjected to heavy fire from Armenians, who were using large-caliber weapons, mortars, grenade launchers and guns. Azerbaijani settlements near the frontline densely populated by civilians were shelled as well.
There are killed and injured among the Azerbaijani civilians as a result of the shelling.
More than 370 Armenian soldiers, 12 tanks, 12 armored vehicles and 15 artillery guns have been destroyed from April 2 until today.
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 two countries signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the US are currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the UN Security Council's four resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts.