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BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov.2
Trend:
Units of Armenian Armed Forces shelled the positions of Azerbaijani units on the Azerbaijani-Armenian state border with mortars and small arms, Trend reports citing the Ministry of Defense.
On the night of November 2, at different times, from the territory of Armenian Noyemberyan district, as well as vicinities of Berd and Vardenis cities, Armenian troops opened fire at the positions of the units of Azerbaijani Armed Forces located in the Gazakh, Tovuz and Dashkasan districts of Azerbaijan.
Armenian Armed Forces launched a large-scale military attack on positions of the Azerbaijani army on the front line, using large-caliber weapons, mortars, and artillery on Sept. 27.
Azerbaijan responded with a counter-offensive along the entire front. As a result of retaliation, Azerbaijani troops liberated a number of territories previously occupied by Armenia, as well as take important, strategic heights under control.
The fighting continued into October 2020, in the early days of which Armenia has launched missile attacks on Azerbaijani cities of Ganja, Mingachevir, Khizi as well as Absheron district.
Despite the fact that so far the parties have reached an agreement on a humanitarian ceasefire three times, Armenia continues to violate this agreement.
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, the 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 the withdrawal of its armed forces from Nagorno Karabakh and the surrounding districts.