10 October 2019, 14:25
Azerbaijan claims shelling attacks on pre-border villages
The positions of the Azerbaijani Army were shelled in the villages of the Gazakh and Gadabay Districts, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated today.
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on October 9, Azerbaijan accused Armenia of 23 shelling attacks, stating that ceasefire violations were fixed in the vicinity of pre-border villages.
"Within the past 24 hours, units of Armenian Armed Forces, by using sniper rifles, violated the ceasefire in various sections of the frontline for 21 times," the Azerbaijani MoD has written on its website today.
According to the MoD, the positions of the Azerbaijani militaries stationed in the villages of Kemerli, Guschu Airym of the Gazakh District and in the villages of Geyali and Zamanly of the Gadabay District came under fire.
As of today by 9:30 a.m. Moscow time, the MoDs of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh had not commented on the above statement on their websites.
After the escalation of the Karabakh conflict in April 2016, the parties agreed on the ceasefire. Despite the agreement, over two years, the parties claimed daily shelling attacks in the conflict zone, as it follows from the infographic "Karabakh after the truce: a two-year war" prepared by the "Caucasian Knot". After the meeting of officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Armenia and Azerbaijan, held on June 20, Azerbaijan stated an almost complete cessation of shelling attacks; however, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh continues to register violations of the ceasefire.
This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on October 10, 2019 at 09:44 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.
