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Armenia again breaks ceasefire with Azerbaijan

25 November 2017 07:15 (UTC +04:00)

Armenia’s armed forces have 122 times violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops over the past 24 hours, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry told APA on Nov.25.

The Armenian army was using large-caliber machine guns, 60-mm mortars (1 shell) when firing at the Azerbaijani army positions.

The Azerbaijani army positions in Kamarli, Ferehli, Gushchu Ayrim, Gizilhajili, Bala Jafarli villages and on nameless hills in Gazakh region underwent fire from the Armenian army positions located in Shavarshavan, Voskevan villages and on nameless hills in Noyemberyan region, in Aygeovit village and on nameless hills in Ijevan region.

Meanwhile, Armenian armed units stationed in Mosesgekh, Chinari villages and on nameless hills in Berd region shelled the Azerbaijani army positions located in Alibeyli, Aghdam, Munjuglu, Garalar villages of Tovuz region.

The Azerbaijani army positions in Goyali villages and on nameless heights in Gadabay district were also fired from the Armenian army positions located on nameless heights in Armenia’s Krasnoselsk district.

The Azerbaijani army positions were shelled from the positions located near the Armenian-occupied Chilaburt villages of Terter region, Taghibeyli, Shikhlar, Bash Garvand, Javahirli, Garagashly, Novruzlu, Yusifjanly, Marzili villages of Aghdam region, Kuropatkino village of Khojavend region, Ashaghy Veysalli, Garakhanbayli, Gorgan, Kurdlar villages of Fuzuli region, Nuzgar and Mehdili villages of Jabrayil region, as well as from positions located on nameless hills in Goygol, Goranboy, Terter, Aghdam, Khojavend and Jabrayil regions.

The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict entered its modern phase when the Armenian SRR made territorial claims against the Azerbaijani SSR in 1988.

A fierce war broke out between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan. As a result of the war, Armenian armed forces occupied some 20 percent of Azerbaijani territory which includes Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent districts (Lachin, Kalbajar, Aghdam, Fuzuli, Jabrayil, Gubadli and Zangilan), and over a million Azerbaijanis became refugees and internally displaced people.

The military operations finally came to an end when Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in Bishkek in 1994.

Dealing with the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is the OSCEMinsk Group, which was created after the meeting of the CSCE (OSCE after the Budapest summit held in December 1994) Ministerial Council in Helsinki on 24 March 1992. The Group’s members include Azerbaijan, Armenia, Russia, the United States, France, Italy, Germany, Turkey, Belarus, Finland and Sweden.

Besides, the OSCE Minsk Group has a co-chairmanship institution, comprised of Russian, the US and French co-chairs, which began operating in 1996.

Resolutions 822, 853, 874 and 884 of the UN Security Council, which were passed in short intervals in 1993, and other resolutions adopted by the UN General Assembly, PACE, OSCE, OIC, and other organizations require Armenia to unconditionally withdraw its troops from Nagorno-Karabakh.