TBILISI, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Azerbaijan and Armenia on Wednesday traded accusations of violating their ceasefire agreement and launching provocation in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
"The illegal Armenian detachments in the territory of Azerbaijan, where the peacekeeping contingent of the Russian Federation is temporarily deployed, fired intensively on the positions of the Azerbaijani Army in the direction of the Lachin region," said the foreign ministry of Azerbaijan on its website, adding that one serviceman was killed.
Meanwhile, the Armenian foreign ministry said in a statement on its website that Azerbaijani forces "once again violating the November 9, 2020, Trilateral Statement of the leaders of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan on the cessation of hostilities in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone, launched aggression in the area of responsibility of the Russian peacekeeping contingent, resulting in casualties and wounded ones."
Armenia and Azerbaijan have been at loggerheads over the mountainous region of Nagorno-Karabakh since 1988. Peace talks have been held since 1994, when a ceasefire was agreed, but there have been sporadic minor clashes since then.
A new round of armed conflict broke out along the contact line on Sept. 27, 2020, before Russia brokered a ceasefire on Nov. 9, 2020. ■
