Armenian armed forces broke the ceasefire with Azerbaijan 60 times in numerous positions in the last 24 hours, the Azerbaijani defense ministry said May 20.
Armenian armed forces located on the nameless heights of Armenia’s Krasnoselsk district opened fire at the positions of Azerbaijani armed forces located on the nameless heights of the Gadabay district.
Azerbaijani positions underwent fire from the positions located near the villages of Qekarkh, Chileburt of the Terter district, Sarijali, Shikhlar, Shuraabad, Shirvanli, Qaraqashli, Javakhirli, Merzili of the Aghdam district, Horadiz, Gorgan, Qarakhanbayli, Ashagi Seyidahmadli of the Fizuli district, Kuropatkino of the Khojavand district and Mehdili of the Jabrail district.
Moreover, Azerbaijani positions took fire from the positions located on the nameless heights of Goranboy, Khojavend, Jabrail and Fizuli 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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