InternationalFrom Armenia in brief: Cease-fire violations continue along Karabakh Line of Contact
Published: Friday February 06, 2009
Armenian soldiers in the trenches. Photolure
Yerevan - On the night of January 30-31, Karabakh's Armed Forces registered a number of cease-fire violations by the Azerbaijani army.
According to Armenpress, the press service of the NKR Defense Ministry said that Azerbaijani soldiers had opened irregular fire in the direction of Armenian positions in Horadiz, Karakhambel, Korapatkino, Bashkarvet, and Jraberd, utilizing weapons of different calibers.
Armenian regiments were able to determine the firing point of Azerbaijani positions and suppressed the fire without any losses. According to the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Ministry, the armed forces have the situation entirely under control on the front line and are ready to suppress any aggressive steps undertaken by the rival.
However on the evening of February 1 and during the day on February 2, Azerbaijan once again violated the cease-fire at a number of sections of the contact line between NKR and Azerbaijan. According to Mediamax, Azerbaijani soldiers fired at positions using small arms to the south in Horadiz, east to Korapatkino, northeast to Talish, and in the north Gyulistan directions. Following an adequate response from Armenia's armed forces, the enemy stopped fire. There were no human losses.
