Armenia violates ceasefire with Azerbaijan 100 times within 24 hours

Armenian armed forces have broken the ceasefire with Azerbaijan 100 times in numerous positions in the last 24 hours, Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said June 12.

Armenian armed forces, located in the village of Aygepar, Mosesgeh of Armenia’s Berd district, opened fire at the positions of Azerbaijani armed forces located in the villages of Alibayli, Aghdam of Tovuz district.

Azerbaijani positions located on the nameless heights and in the village of Garavalilar of Gadabay district, underwent fire from the positions located on the nameless heights of Armenia’s Krasnoselskiy district.

Azerbaijani positions also took fire from the positions located near the villages of Talish, Tapgaragoyunlu, Gulustan of Goranboy district, Chileburt, Chayli of Terter, Yusifjanli, Merzili, Shikhlar, Bash Gervend, Kengerli of Aghdam, Kuropatkino of Khojavand, Garakhanbeyli, Gorgan, Horadiz, Ashagi Seyidahmadli, Ashagi Abdurrahmanli of Fizuli and Mehdili of Jabrayil district.

Moreover, Azerbaijani positions took fire from the positions located on the nameless heights of Goranboy, Khojavend, Fizuli and Jabrayil districts.

The opposing side was silenced with return fire.

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 the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.

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