Armenian armed forces have broken the ceasefire with Azerbaijan 133 times in various parts of the contact line between Azerbaijani and Armenian armies in the last 24 hours, the Azerbaijani defense ministry said Sept.11.
Armenian military used mortars and large-caliber machine guns to shell Azerbaijani troops’ positions.
Armenian armed forces located in the village of Barekamavan of Armenia’s Noyemberyan district opened fire at the positions of Azerbaijani armed forces located in the village of Qaymaqli of the Gazakh district.
Another ceasefire violation came from the positions located near the villages of Talish, Tapgaragoyunlu, Gulustan of the Goranboy district, Goyarkh of the Terter district, Sarijali, Kengerli, Shikhlar, Merzili, Javahirli, Novruzlu, Shuraabad, Qaraqashli, Yusifjanli of the Aghdam district, Kuropatkino of the Khojavend district, Horadiz, Ashagi Abdurrahmanli, Ashagi Seyidahmadli, Gorgan, Qarakhanbayli of the Fizuli district and Mehdili of the Jabrayil district.
Azerbaijani positions also took fire from the positions located on the nameless heights of the Goygol, Goranboy, Khojavend, Jabrayil and Fizuli districts.
Azerbaijani armed forces carried out 183 strikes on enemy positions.
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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