Azerbaijani troops violate line of contact in Artsakh
YEREVAN, March 24. /ARKA/. Azerbaijani armed forces violated the line of contact in the direction of the village of Parukh in the Askeran region of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, the Artsakh Information Center reported.
It said representatives of the Artsakh Defense Army and Russian peacekeeping forces stationed in Artsakh are trying through negotiations to suspend further advances of the enemy and return them to their initial positions.
It said that women and children have been evacuated from the Khramort village of Askeran district for security reasons.
"We urge the population to remain calm, the situation in all other sections of the line of contact is stable at the moment," the Center said.
The recent weeks have seen an uptick of violence on the line of contact. Azerbaijan's army is using high-caliber mortars and automatic weapons to target Artsakh's rural communities forcing farmers to suspend all types of agricultural work.-0-
