ITAR-TASS, Russia
August 12, 2017 Saturday 1:14 PM GMT



Azerbaijan violates Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire 200 times over past
week, Armenian Defense Ministry says

YEREVAN August 12

Azerbaijan has violated the ceasefire in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
zone 200 times over the past week, the Armenian Defense Ministry
reported on Saturday.


YEREVAN, August 12. /TASS/. Azerbaijan has violated the ceasefire in
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone 200 times over the past week, the
Armenian Defense Ministry reported on Saturday.

"The enemy has violated the ceasefire along the line of engagement
about 200 times from August 6 to August 12 firing more than 2,200
shots from various types of small weapons," the ministry said.

According to the Armenian Defense Ministry, at the present time the
situation near the line of engagement is relatively calm.

The ceasefire agreement in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone was
reached on May 12, 1994. The situation deteriorated dramatically
overnight to April 2, 2016. After fierce clashes, the parties accused
each other of violating the truce.

On April 5, Russia mediated a meeting between the Armenian and
Azerbaijani top military officials who reached an agreement on
terminating the hostilities along the line of engagement. Ever since,
the parties occasionally report brief exchanges of fire in the region.

A trilateral statement adopted at the meeting of the Russian,
Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents in St. Petersburg on June 20,
2016, reiterated the parties’ commitment to normalizing the situation
in Nagorno-Karabakh.