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By Rashid Shirinov

Armenia, the country responsible for the outbreak of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, has no desire of ending it. Constant provocations carried out by the aggressor country against Azerbaijan are the clearest proof of that. Yesterday, these provocations resulted in the murder of an Azerbaijani soldier.

The Armenian armed forces intensively shelled from large-caliber weapons the villages of Bala Jafarli and Gushchu Ayrim of Azerbaijan’s Gazakh region, the Kokhnegishlag village of the Agstafa region and the Garalar village of the Tovuz region at night of July 30 and in the morning.

Serviceman of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, Akberli Huseyn was killed during suppressing enemy fire. Moreover, the Armenian shelling damaged civilian facilities, sowing plots and proprietorship of the Azerbaijani civilians, Azerbaijan’s Defense Minister reported.

Currently, the Azerbaijani troops fully control the operational situation along the entire length of the front line.

Previously, Azerbaijani soldier Sultan Shahveledov was killed during the prevention of an Armenian provocation on June 16.

Meanwhile, Armenia continues to shell the positions of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces. Over the past 24 hours, Armenia’s armed forces have 125 times violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops. The Armenians shelled the Azerbaijani army positions near the state border in the Agstafa, Gazakh, Tovuz and Gadabay regions, as well as the Azerbaijani positions along the Nagorno-Karabakh frontline.

Azerbaijan and Armenia for over two decades have been locked in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, which emerged over Armenian territorial claims. Since the 1990s war, Armenian armed forces have occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent regions. The UN Security Council adopted four resolutions on Armenian withdrawal, but they have not been enforced to this day.

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Rashid Shirinov is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow him on Twitter: @RashidShirinov

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