The contact line in the Karabakh conflict zone. Photo by Alvard Grigoryan for the "Caucasian Knot"

21 March 2019, 17:37

Azerbaijan registers 30 shelling attacks per day

During the shelling attacks on March 20-21, units of the Armed Forces of Armenia used large-calibre machine guns, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reported.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on March 19, Azerbaijan also accused Armenia of machine gun shelling and registered 29 violations of the truce.

"During 24 hours, units of the Armed Forces of Armenia used large-calibre machine guns and 30 times violated the ceasefire regime in different directions of the front," reports the Azerbaijani MoD on its website.

According to the Azerbaijani MoD, positions in the villages of Kemerli, Bala Jafarli in the Gazakh District and in the villages of Kokhanebi, Asrik Djyrdakhan, and Agbulag in the Tovuz District were shelled.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on March 21, 2019 at 09:10 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

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