Cease-fire holds despite 鈥榮poradic violations鈥
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A cease-fire largely held yesterday around the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan despite claims of sporadic violations after an outburst of fighting that has raised fears of an all-out war.
Azerbaijan’s defense ministry said its forces have been observing the cease-fire that was declared at midday on Tuesday following three days of intense battles involving heavy artillery and rockets. The ministry accused Armenian forces of breaking the truce on several occasions yesterday by firing mortars at Azerbaijani positions, adding that Azerbaijani forces hasn’t returned fire.
Nagorno-Karabakh military spokesman Senor Asratyan has countered by saying that its forces have strictly respected the cease-fire, which was agreed by the top military officers of Azerbaijan and Armenia who met in Moscow on Tuesday.
Fighting that erupted around the region over the weekend marked the worst violence since a separatist war ended in 1994 and left Nagorno-Karabakh officially a part of Azerbaijan, under the control of local ethnic Armenian forces and the Armenian military.
Armenian forces also occupy several areas outside the Karabakh region.
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