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  • BAKU: 12 Years Since Signing Of Azeri-Armenian Ceasefire

    12 YEARS SINCE SIGNING OF AZERI-ARMENIAN CEASEFIRE

    Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
    May 14 2006

    Baku, May 12, AssA-Irada
    12 years have passed since Azerbaijan and Armenia signed ceasefire
    on the conflict over Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh.

    With the signing of the Bishkek protocol in 1994, the two countries
    reached a ceasefire accord after large-scale hostilities that were
    launched by Armenia without a declaration. Nonetheless, only Azerbaijan
    has honored the agreement over the past years, while Armenia has been
    regularly breaching ceasefire on the frontline.

    In January-March 2006 alone, Armenian armed forces subjected Azeri
    positions to shooting 75 times, killing and wounding military men
    and civilians.

    Upper Garabagh, which is internationally recognized as part of
    Azerbaijan, has both Azeri and ethnic Armenian population. It
    was occupied by Armenia in early 1990s, along with seven other
    Azerbaijani districts, after hostilities that killed up to 30,000
    people and forced about a million Azeris out of their homes. Despite
    the ceasefire accord, peace talks have been fruitless so far and
    refugees remain stranded.
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