AZERI ARMY OFFICIAL REPORTS FREQUENT TRUCE VIOLATIONS BY ARMENIANS

EurasiaNet, NY
Source: Trend news agency, Baku, in Russian
Aug 3 2007

The Armenian armed forces have been actively violating the cease-fire
regime for several days in a row, the head of the press service of
the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence, Eldar Sabiroglu, said on Thursday
[2 August].

He said that the Armenians regularly fire at the opposite positions
of the Azerbaijani armed forces.

"Unfortunately, Armenia is not following any international
agreements. In this regard, we have sent appeals to international
organizations and these organizations have been informed that Armenia
is actively violating the Bishkek protocol on the cease-fire regime,"
Sabiroglu said.

He pointed out that when the OSCE carries out monitoring of the
contact line between the Azerbaijani-Armenian troops, the Armenian
side stops firing. However, the cease-fire is violated again after
the monitoring is completed.