Tension on line of contact of Azerbaijani and Armenian troops reached five-year high in January

Two officers of Azerbaijani Armed Forces killed, a serviceman and a civilian wounded

 The tension on the line of contact of Azerbaijani and Armenian troops reached five-year high in January.

 According to APA’s monitoring based on the facts confirmed by Azerbaijani Defense Ministry, ceasefire was violated 1543 times on the line of contact last month.

 Two officers of the Azerbaijani were killed in the battles that resulted in the violation of ceasefire. A serviceman and a civilian (resident of Alibeyli village of Tovuz region) were wounded.

 Ceasefire violation intensified after January 20.

 Ceasefire was violated 1504 times from January 20 till 31.

Five attempts of Armenian Army’s subversive groups were prevented from January 20 till 31. Armenians fired on the OSCE representative conducting monitoring in the direction of Fuzuli region on January 23.

 According to the results of the monitoring conducted by APA, Armenian Armed Forces violated ceasefire 1796 times in 2013. 8 Azerbaijani servicemen were killed, 11 wounded as the ceasefire was violated.

/Apa/