AZERBAIJANI MP: ARMENIA MUST BE PENALIZED FOR VIOLATING CEASE-FIRE
Trend
Feb 19 2010
Azerbaijan
Armenia must be penalized for systematically violating the cease-fire
agreement, Azerbaijani MP Elman Mammadov said.
"The fact that Armenia had not been penalized for cease-fire violations
encourages it to new actions. Armenians violate the cease-fire
even while the OSCE Monitoring Group monitors the contact line. The
Azerbaijani army is capable of giving a fitting rebuff to the enemy
every time they violate the cease-fire," he told Trend News today.
Azerbaijani Defense Ministry’s report said that Armenian armed forces
had fired Azerbaijani army posts in the village of Tapqaraqoyunlu in
the Geranboy region, the villages of Gizil Oba and Gapanli in the
Tartar region and the villages of Yusifjanli and Javashirli in the
Agdam region with automatic rifles and machine guns Feb. 18.
Three Azerbaijani soldiers were killed and one was wounded as a result
of Armenia’s actions.
Mammadov said that the reason for the frequent violations by Armenian
of the cease-fire is connected to the protection of Armenia’s interests
by the OSCE.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a cease-fire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group – Russia, France, and the United
States – are currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council’s four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh region and the
occupied territories.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
