Azerbaijan, Armenia Accuse Each Other of Violating New Ceasefire

Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other on Sunday of violating a new humanitarian ceasefire in fighting over over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, hours after it was agreed upon, according to Reuters.

The truce agreed on Saturday came into force at midnight after a week-old Russian-brokered ceasefire failed to halt the worst fighting in the South Caucasus since the 1990's, according to Reuters.

The Armenian Defense Ministry said the Azeri army had fired twice during the night and used artillery.

On the other hand, the Azeri Defense ministry said: “The enemy fired at the vicinity of the Jabrail city, as well as the villages of this region ... using mortars and artillery”. It added that the Azeri army “took adequate retaliatory measures”.

Officials in Nagorno-Karabakh said Azeri forces had launched an attack on the enclave’s military positions and there were casualties and wounded on both sides.

It is worth mentioning that, Nagorno-Karabakh is a mountain territory that is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan but populated and governed by ethnic Armenians.