YEREVAN, JANUARY 14, ARMENPRESS. The Defense Ministry of Nagorno Karabakh told “Armenpress” the Azerbaijani forces made over 40 ceasefire violations across the Nagorno Karabakh-Azerbaijan line of contact.

The Ministry issued an announcement which says: “Overnight January 13-14 the Azerbaijani side violated the ceasefire regime over 40 times by firing more than 500 shots from various caliber small arms at the Armenian positions in the Nagorno Karabakh-Azerbaijan line of contact.

The Azerbaijani forces fired also AGS-17 grenade launcher (1 projectile) at the north-eastern direction of the line of contact.

The NKR Defense Army forces continued conducting the reliable protection of the military positions and took countermeasures only in case of strict necessity”.