Over the past 24 hours, the Armenian military, using mortars and large-caliber machine guns, 158 times violated ceasefire on various parts of the contact line of Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, Azerbaijani defense ministry said Aug. 31.
Armenian armed forces, stationed in the Berkaber village of Ijevan village of Noyemberyan districts of Armenia, opened fire at Azerbaijani army positions in the Gizilhajili village of Gazakh district.
Armenians also opened fire from positions in the Aygepar village of Berd district of Armenia at the Azerbaijani army positions in the Alibayli village of Tovuz district.
Armenians also opened fire from positions on the nameless heights in the Krasnoselsk district of Armenia at the Azerbaijani army positions on nameless heights of the Gadabay district.
Azerbaijani positions were also fired at by Armenians stationed near the Tapgaragoyunlu, Gulustan villages of Goranboy district, the Chilyaburt, Goyarkh, Chayli, Yarimja villages of Tartar district, Yusifjanli, Shuraabad, Marzili, Garagashli, Kangarli, Novruzlu, Sarijali, Javahirli, Shikhlar villages of Agdam district, the Kuropatkino village of Khojavand district, the Goradiz, Ashagi Abdurrahmanli, Gorgan, Garakhanbeyli, Ashagi Veysalli villages of Fizuli district and the Mehdili village of Jabrail district.
Armenians also opened fire from positions on nameless heights in the Goygol, Goranboy, Khojavand, Fuzuli and Jabrail 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.
/Trend/
