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“Armenian forces have gravely violated another agreement,” the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said in a statement accusing Armenia of firing artillery and mortars in the area and of several attacks on the front line on Sunday morning.
Shortly after the ceasefire was announced, Armenia also accused Azerbaijan of violating the ceasefire and firing artillery at Nagorno-Karabakh.
“The enemy fired artillery shells in a northerly direction from 12:04 to 02:45 (from 23/04 to 01:45 Lithuanian time) and missiles south from 02:20 to 02:45 (from 01:20 to 01:45, Lithuanian time)”, – Šušan Stepanian, a representative of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia, wrote on Twitter.
Armenia and Azerbaijan announced on Saturday night an agreement on a “humanitarian ceasefire” that would take effect at midnight local time (Saturday 23:00 Lithuanian time) in an attempt to end the three-week battle. about Nagorno-Karabakh.
The ceasefire in the Nagorno-Karabakh region came to light after 13 people, including young children, were killed in rocket attacks in the Azerbaijani city of Geneva.
This is the second attempt by the warring parties to declare a ceasefire in the conflict that has occurred since September 27. hundreds of people were killed.
Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to a ceasefire after 11 am last Saturday. negotiations in Moscow, mediated by the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. At the time, the two sides soon accused each other of violating the ceasefire.
“The Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan have agreed to a humanitarian ceasefire starting on October 18. 00 hrs. 00 min. (October 17, 11 pm Lithuanian time),” said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia. .
The Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs has also approved this step.
Baku and Yerevan are in conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, where the majority of the population is ethnic Armenians. The conflict has raged for decades. The region separated from Azerbaijan in 1991, but it remains international property of Azerbaijan in terms of international law.
The fighting resumed a few weeks ago. As the fighting intensifies, Armenia and Azerbaijan are shooting at each other. Both sides ignore international calls for an end to hostilities and blame each other for the start of new clashes that broke out on September 27.
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