Armenpress News Agency, Armenia
May 20, 2017 Saturday



Azerbaijani forces fire anti-tank grenade launcher and mortar at Artsakh posts



YEREVAN, MAY 20, ARMENPRESS. The Defense Ministry of Artsakh Republic
told Armenpress the Azerbaijani forces violated the ceasefire regime
more than 100 times across the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact.

The Ministry’s statement reads: “On May 19 and overnight May 20 the
Azerbaijani forces violated the ceasefire regime more than 100 times
by firing over 1750 shots from various caliber small arms at the
Armenian positions in the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact.

Moreover, the Azerbaijani forces fired also anti-tank grenade launcher
(32 grenades) at the eastern direction and 60 mm mortar (7 shells) at
the north-eastern direction of the line of contact.

The Defense Army forces of Artsakh took countermeasures to suppress
the Azerbaijani activeness”.