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ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT PROVOKES INTENSIVE VIOLATION OF CEASEFIRE ON FRONTLINE: HEAD OF AZERBAIJANI COMMUNITY OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH
TREND Information
March 6 2008
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, Baku, 5 March / corr TrendNews E.Huseynli / The head of
the Azerbaijani community of the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan
considers the intensive violation of the ceasefire regime on the
frontline is provocation by the Armenian Government.
"The Armenian Government provoked the violation of the ceasefire
regime along the frontline
Because of internal political tension in the country, by deviating
from the pressures from the international community and directing
attention to other developments," Nizami Bahmanov, the head of the
Azerbaijani community of Nagorno-Karabakh, told TrendNews on 5 March.
Starting in the early hours of 4 March, shooting began on the frontline
of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan and Armenia in the occupied territory
of Azerbaijan in several directions.
The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said that during the gun fire with
Armenia, 12 Armenian soldiers were killed and 15 more were injured,
whereas four Azerbaijani soldiers were killed and injured.
At present the situation on the frontline is stable.
The conflict between the two countries of the South Caucasus began
in 1988 due to Armenian territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Since
1992, Armenian Armed Forces have occupied 20% of Azerbaijan including
the Nagorno-Karabakh region and its seven surrounding districts. In
1994, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement at which
time active hostilities ended. The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk
Group ( Russia, France, and the US) are currently holding peaceful
negotiations.
TREND Information
March 6 2008
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, Baku, 5 March / corr TrendNews E.Huseynli / The head of
the Azerbaijani community of the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan
considers the intensive violation of the ceasefire regime on the
frontline is provocation by the Armenian Government.
"The Armenian Government provoked the violation of the ceasefire
regime along the frontline
Because of internal political tension in the country, by deviating
from the pressures from the international community and directing
attention to other developments," Nizami Bahmanov, the head of the
Azerbaijani community of Nagorno-Karabakh, told TrendNews on 5 March.
Starting in the early hours of 4 March, shooting began on the frontline
of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan and Armenia in the occupied territory
of Azerbaijan in several directions.
The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said that during the gun fire with
Armenia, 12 Armenian soldiers were killed and 15 more were injured,
whereas four Azerbaijani soldiers were killed and injured.
At present the situation on the frontline is stable.
The conflict between the two countries of the South Caucasus began
in 1988 due to Armenian territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Since
1992, Armenian Armed Forces have occupied 20% of Azerbaijan including
the Nagorno-Karabakh region and its seven surrounding districts. In
1994, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement at which
time active hostilities ended. The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk
Group ( Russia, France, and the US) are currently holding peaceful
negotiations.