At the contact line in Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo: REUTERS/Staff

25 November 2018, 11:28

Nagorno-Karabakh accuses Azerbaijan of 150 cases of shelling per week

In the week from November 18 to 24, the Azerbaijani armed forces fired 2000 shots at the positions of the Defence Army, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Nagorno-Karabakh reported.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that in the period from November 11 to 17, Nagorno-Karabakh registered 80 attacks on its positions from the Azerbaijani side.

Over the past week, units of the armed forces of Azerbaijan 150 times violated the ceasefire regime, the Nagorno-Karabakh MoD reported. The fire was carried out of small arms, the Nagorno-Karabakh MoD noted.

On its part, the Defence Army of Nagorno-Karabakh "strictly adheres to the established ceasefire regime," declares the Nagorno-Karabakh MoD.

By 9:54 p.m. Moscow time on November 24, on its website, the Ministry of Defence for Azerbaijan did not publish any comments on the statement voiced by the Nagorno-Karabakh MoD. Meanwhile, on November 24, the Azerbaijani side reported 26 attacks on its positions. The fire came both from the positions in Armenia and from territories controlled by Nagorno-Karabakh, reported the Ministry of Defence for Azerbaijan.

According to the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot", in total, for the period from November 18 to 24, Azerbaijan registered 187 attacks on its positions.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on November 24, 2018 at 09:54 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

Author: Alvard Grigoryan Source: CK correspondent

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