Armenia Violates Karabakh Ceasefire 155 Times Over Last 24 Hours
09:36 01.04.2017
Military units of the armed forces of Armenia violated ceasefire 155 times along the contact line in Azerbaijan's breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh over the past 24 hours, according to the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry.
BAKU (Sputnik) The Armenian military has violated the ceasefire along the contact line in Azerbaijan's breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh 155 times over the past 24 hours, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said Saturday in a statement.
"Military units of the armed forces of Armenia violated ceasefire 155 times throughout the day, using large-caliber machine guns and 60 millimeter mortars (17 shells)," the statement reads.
The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) proclaimed its independence from Azerbaijan in 1991. The military conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia ended in 1994, and Azerbaijan lost control over this Armenian-dominated region. The OSCE Minsk group has been trying to settle the conflict since 1992.
In April 2016, the clashes between the joint Armenian-NKR and Azerbaijani forces sparked in the region, when both sides accused each other of ceasefire violation. The sides agreed to a ceasefire on April 5, but clashes have continued.
© Sputnik
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