17:46, 26 October 2019

NKR reports 170 shelling attacks during the last week

On October 20-26, Azerbaijani soldiers fired 1500 shots at the positions of the Defence Army, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has reported today.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on October 13-20, the NKR counted 150 ceasefire violations committed by the Azerbaijani party.

According to the NKR's MoD, during the week of October 20-26, Azerbaijani soldiers violated the ceasefire on the troops contact line for 170 times, firing 1500 shots, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reported today the message of the press service of the NKR's MoD.

According to the calculations of the "Caucasian Knot", Azerbaijan, which daily reports about shelling attacks on its positions, during the same period, counted 128 ceasefire violations committed by the Armenian party. Over the past 24 hours alone, there were 20 shelling attacks, the Azerbaijani MoD has claimed.

By 13:25 p.m. Moscow time on October 26, no comments on this statement have appeared on the website of the Azerbaijani MoD.

After the escalation of the Karabakh conflict in April 2016, the parties agreed on the ceasefire. Despite the agreement, over two years, the parties claimed daily shelling attacks in the conflict zone, as it follows from the infographic "Karabakh after the truce: a two-year war" prepared by the "Caucasian Knot". After the meeting of officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Armenia and Azerbaijan, held on June 20, Azerbaijan stated an almost complete cessation of shelling attacks; however, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh continues to register violations of the ceasefire.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on October 26, 2019 at 01:35 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

Author: Alvard Grigoryan

Source: CK correspondent