Armenian army breaks ceasefire, opens fire at Azerbaijani positions

Baku, Azerbaijan, July 15 Trend: Armenian armed forces have 10 times violated the ceasefire on the line of contact of the Azerbaijani and Armenian troops over the past 24 hours, said Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry July 15. Armenian armed forces, stationed in the Vazashen village of Armenia’s Ijevan district and in the Shavarshavan village of the Noyemberyan district opened fire at Azerbaijani positions located in the villages of Bala Jafarli, Farahli, Gushchu Ayrim of Azerbaijan’s Gazakh district. Azerbaijani positions located in the Munjuglu village of the Tovuz district also underwent fire from the positions located in the Aygedzor village of Armenia’s Berd district. Moreover, Azerbaijani troops underwent fire from the positions located near the village of Bash Garvand of the Aghdam district, the villages of Horadiz and Garakhanbeyli, and on nameless heights of the Fizuli district. 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 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations. Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts.