07 June 2014, 19:48
Nagorno-Karabakh: on June 1-7, Azerbaijan's armed forces violated ceasefire for 700 times
In the period of June 1-7, the Azerbaijan's armed forces violated ceasefire 700 times. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh.
According to the MoD, the violation of the ceasefire was committed in the form of shelling positions of the armed forces of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Units of the Azerbaijan's armed forces located at the contact line with Karabakh and Armenian armed forces fired more than six thousand shots of small arms.
Leading units of the Nagorno-Karabakh army have taken retaliation measures when that was absolutely necessary. This was reported by the website of the MoD of Nagorno-Karabakh.
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that in early June, for several consecutive days, the MoD of Azerbaijan was accusing the Armenia's armed forces of violating the ceasefire. The recent such accusation was made in connection with the firing of June 4 and 5.
See earlier reports: "MoD of Nagorno-Karabakh: since May 18 Azerbaijan broke armistice for about 450 times", "NKDA claims that this week Azerbaijan violated ceasefire for 600 times", "Incidents at Armenian-Azerbaijani border cannot turn into full-scale war, experts believe".
