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Armenia breaks ceasefire with Azerbaijan 30 times in 24 hours

20 February 2017 [10:26] - TODAY.AZ

By  Trend


Over the past 24 hours, Armenia’s armed forces have 30 times violated the ceasefire in various directions along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported on  February 20.

The Azerbaijani army positions located in Gushchu Ayrim village and on nameless heights of Azerbaijan’s Gazakh district underwent fire from the Armenian army positions located in Voskevan village of Armenia’s Noyemberyan district.

Moreover, the Azerbaijani army positions underwent fire from the Armenian army positions located near the Armenian-occupied Bash Gervend and Marzili villages of the Aghdam district, as well as from the positions located on nameless heights of the Goranboy, Terter, Khojavand and Fuzuli 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.

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