Armenia Violates Karabakh Ceasefire 16 Times Over Last 24 Hours – Azeri MoD

© REUTERS / StaffEthnic Armenian soldiers walk in a trench at their position near Nagorno-Karabakh's town of Martuni, April 8, 2016
Ethnic Armenian soldiers walk in a trench at their position near Nagorno-Karabakh's town of Martuni, April 8, 2016 - Sputnik International
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Armenia has violated the ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh 16 times during last 24 hours, the Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said on Monday in a statement.

BAKU (Sputnik) – Violence erupted in Nagorno-Karabakh on April 2, and led to multiple casualties. The parties to the conflict signed a Russian-brokered ceasefire on April 5, but mutual accusations have not stopped so far.

A damaged house in a village of the Martakert district, in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone. - Sputnik International
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"Despite the reached agreement on the ceasefire regime on the contact line in Karabakh, the Armenian side violated the regime across the line 16 times in last 24 hours," the statement said.

Azerbaijan's Armenian-dominated breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh proclaimed its independence in 1991. After the military conflict ended in 1994, Azerbaijan lost control over the region.

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