Interfax News Agency, Russia
Russia & CIS
March 7, 2008
Stepanakert claims another breach of cease-fire by Azerbaijan
STEPANAKERT March 7
Azerbaijan has again broken the cease-fire agreement, the Karabakh
Foreign Ministry told Interfax on Friday.
"In the early hours of March 7 Azeri troops again broken the cease-
fire on the line of contact between the Karabakh and Azeri forces on
the route towards Gadrut," the Foreign Ministry said.
"According to the latest information of the Karabakh Defense
Ministry, positions of the Karabakh army came under intense fire with
of various types of weapons: automatic rifles, machine guns and
sniper rifles," the statement said.
"The Karabakh army units remained committed to the cease-fire did not
open a return fire," the ministry said.
Azeri authorities were not immediately available for comment. kk rp