United Nations A/74/739–S/2020/182
General Assembly Distr.: General 6 March 2020 Security Council Original: English
General Assembly Security Council Seventy-fourth session Seventy-fifth year Agenda item 31 Prevention of armed conflict
Letter dated 6 March 2020 from the Permanent Representative of Armenia to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General
Upon the instructions of my Government, I am transmitting herewith the record of the ceasefire violations by the Azerbaijani armed forces along the State border of the Republic of Armenia during the month of February 2020 (see annex I).* I am also transmitting herewith the record of the ceasefire violations registered by the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic) during the month of February 2020 (see annex II).* I kindly request that the present letter and its annexes be circulated as a document of the General Assembly, under agenda item 31, and of the Security Council.
(Signed) Mher Margaryan Ambassador Permanent Representative
* The annexes are being circulated in the language of submission only.
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Annex I to the letter dated 6 March 2020 from the Permanent Representative of Armenia to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General
Violations of the ceasefire by the armed forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan along the State border with the Republic of Armenia, 1–29 February 2020
Date Direction Incidents Type of weapons/shots
1 February There were no shots 2 February Tavush and Ararat regions 3 Small arms and light weapоns: 6
Chinari 1 Large-calibre sniper weapоns: 4 (Paruyr Sevak) Aygepar 1 Paruyr Sevak 1
3 February Tavush region 1 Small arms and light weapоns: 3
Paravakar 1 4 February Tavush region 2 Small arms and light weapоns: 52
Kolagir 1
Chinari 1 5 February Tavush, Vayots Dzor and 5 Small arms and light weapоns: 7 Ararat regions
Chinari 1 Large-calibre sniper weapоns: 14
Areni 2 Large-calibre machine guns: 3 Paruyr Sevak 2
6 February Tavush and Ararat regions 3 Small arms and light weapоns: 17
Chinari 1 Large-calibre sniper weapоns: 5 (Paruyr Sevak) Koti 1
Paruyr Sevak 1
7 February Ararat region 3 Small arms and light weapоns: 8
Yeraskh 3
8 February There were no shots
9 February Vayots Dzor and Ararat 3 Small arms and light weapоns: 41 regions
Areni 2
Yersakh 1
10 February There were no shots
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Date Direction Incidents Type of weapons/shots
11 February Vayots Dzor and Ararat 4 Small -calibre sniper weapоns: 12 regions
Areni 1 Large-calibre sniper weapоns: 7 (Areni 3; Paruyr Sevak 4) Paruyr Sevak 3
12 February Ararat region 6 Small arms and light weapоns: 87 Yeraskh 1 Large-calibre sniper weapоns: 19 (Paruyr Sevak) Paruyr Sevak 3
Tigranashen 2
13 February Tavush, Vayots Dzor and 6 Large-calibre sniper weapоns: 18 Ararat regions (Areni 2; Paruyr Sevak 16)
Koti 1 Large-calibre machine guns: 25
Areni 1 Paruyr Sevak 4
14 February Tavush, Vayots Dzor and 8 Small arms and light weapоns: 135 Ararat regions Large-calibre sniper weapоns: 26 (Areni Aygedzor 1 9; Paruyr Sevak 17) Koti 1
Areni 1
Khndzorut 1 Paruyr Sevak 4
15 February Tavush, Vayots Dzor and 7 Small arms and light weapоns: 62 Ararat regions Large-calibre sniper weapоns: 5 (Paruyr Kolagir 1 Sevak) Movses 1 Large-calibre machine guns: 56 Small-calibre mortars: 3 (Kolagir) Koti 1
Areni 1
Paruyr Sevak 3
16 February Tavush and Ararat regions 6 Small-calibre sniper weapоns: 3
Baghanis 1 Large-calibre sniper weapоns: 11 (Paruyr Sevak 10; Yeraskh 1) Barekamavan 1
Paruyr Sevak 3
Yeraskh 1
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Date Direction Incidents Type of weapons/shots
17 February Tavush, Vayots Dzor and 4 Small arms and light weapоns: 30 Ararat regions Large-calibre sniper weapоns: 1 (Paruyr Chinari 1 Sevak)
Aygedzor 1
Khndzorut 1 Paruyr Sevak 1
18 February Tavush, Vayots Dzor and 6 Small arms and light weapоns: 28 Ararat regions Small-calibre sniper weapоns: 2 Koti 1 Large-calibre sniper weapоns: 10 (Paruyr Areni 2 Sevak 8; Areni 2) Large-calibre machine guns: 6 Paruyr Sevak 3
19 February Tavush, Vayots Dzor and 10 Small arms and light weapоns: 50 Ararat regions Large-calibre sniper weapоns: 23 (Paruyr Sevkar 1 Sevak 12; Areni 11)
Areni 4 Large-calibre machine guns: 5
Paruyr Sevak 5 20 February Tavush and Ararat regions 2 Small arms and light weapоns: 12
Koti 1 Large-calibre sniper weapоns: 2 (Paruyr Sevak) Paruyr Sevak 1 21 February Tavush, Vayots Dzor and 24 Small arms and light weapоns: 36 Ararat regions Large-calibre sniper weapоns: 102 Aygedzor 3 (Paruyr Sevak 22; Areni 80)
Chinari 2 Sarigyugh 1
Areni 8
Paruyr Sevak 8
Yeraskh 2
22 February Vayots Dzor and Ararat 6 Small-calibre sniper weapоns: 89 regions (Paruyr Sevak 15; Areni 74)
Areni 2 Paruyr Sevak 4
23 February Tavush, Gegharkunik and 7 Small arms and light weapоns: 162 Ararat regions Large-calibre sniper weapоns: 12 (Ttujur Kolagir 1 6; Kolagir 2; Paruyr Sevak 4)
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Date Direction Incidents Type of weapons/shots
Aygedzor 2 Large -calibre machine guns: 24 Kutakan 1
Ttujur 1
Paruyr Sevak 1 Zangakatun 1
24 February Tavush and Ararat regions 8 Small arms and light weapоns: 3
Chinari 1 Small-calibre sniper weapоns: 1 Baghanis 1 Large-calibre sniper weapоns: 14 (Paruyr Sevak)
Paruyr Sevak 5
Yeraskh 1 25 February Tavush, Vayots Dzor and 20 Small arms and light weapоns: 165 Ararat regions Large-calibre sniper weapоns: 1 Chinari 4 (Vazashen)
Paravakar 1 Large-calibre machine guns: 247 Movses 1
Vazashen 2
Koti 3 Baghanis 3
Areni 4
Paruyr Sevak 2 26 February Tavush, Vayots Dzor and 13 Small arms and light weapоns: 20 Ararat regions Large-calibre sniper weapоns: 9 (Paruyr Vazashen 1 Sevak 1; Areni 8)
Baghanis 1 Large-calibre machine guns: 52 Areni 7
Paruyr Sevak 3
Yeraskh 1 27 February Tavush, Vayots Dzor and 25 Small arms and light weapоns: 216 Ararat regions Small-calibre sniper weapоns: 5 Vazashen 2 Large-calibre sniper weapоns: 17 (Paruyr Koti 8 Sevak 5; Areni 2; Tigranashen 10) Large-calibre machine guns: 192 Areni 9
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Date Direction Incidents Type of weapons/shots
Paruyr Sevak 4 Tigranashen 2
28 February Tavush, Vayots Dzor and 11 Small arms and light weapоns: 55 Ararat regions Small-calibre sniper weapоns: 9 Kolagir 1 Large-calibre sniper weapоns: 13 Berkaber 1 (Kolagir 10; Baghanis 3) Large-calibre machine guns: 101 Vazashen 2
Baghanis 1
Areni 5
Yeraskh 1
29 February Vayots Dzor and Ararat 3 Small-calibre sniper weapоns: 10 regions Large-calibre sniper weapоns: 31 (Koti Berkaber 1 30; Areni 1)
Koti 1
Areni 1
On 15 February 2020, at 1505 hours, in the vicinity of the village of Baghanis, along the Armenia-Azerbaijan State border, Aram Hakhverdyan, a soldier of the armed forces of the Republic of Armenia, was wounded from fire by the Azerbaijani side. On 23 February 2020, at 1620 hours, in the vicinity of the village of Baghanis, along the Armenia-Azerbaijan State border, Karlen Tumanyan, a soldier of the armed forces of the Republic of Armenia, was wounded from fire by the Azerbaijani side.
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Annex II to the letter dated 6 March 2020 from the Permanent Representative of Armenia to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General
Violations of the ceasefire by the armed forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the line of contact with the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic), 1–29 February 2020
Date Direction Incidents Type of weapons/shots
1 February On the line of contact 30 Small arms and light weapоns: 246 between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan Large-calibre sniper weapоns: 6 (Ashaghi Seydakhmedli 1; Korgan 3; Yanshak 2)
2 February On the line of contact 18 Small arms and light weapоns: 123 between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan Small-calibre sniper weapоns: 1
3 February On the line of contact 38 Small arms and light weapоns: 260 between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan Small-calibre sniper weapоns: 3 Large-calibre sniper weapоns: 2 (Marzili)
4 February On the line of contact 32 Small arms and light weapоns: 152 between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan Small-calibre sniper weapоns: 6 Large-calibre sniper weapоns: 2 (Dastagir)
Large-calibre machine guns: 1 5 February On the line of contact 18 Small arms and light weapоns: 108 between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan Small-calibre sniper weapоns: 2
6 February On the line of contact 22 Small arms and light weapоns: 122 between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan Small-calibre sniper weapоns: 4
7 February On the line of contact 36 Small arms and light weapоns: 295 between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan Small-calibre sniper weapоns: 3 Large-calibre sniper weapоns: 7 (Korgan 4; Ashaghi Abdurakhmanli 3)
8 February On the line of contact 15 Small arms and light weapоns: 77 between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan Small-calibre sniper weapоns: 20 Large-calibre sniper weapоns: 10 (Chakhrli)
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Date Direction Incidents Type of weapons/shots
9 February On the line of contact 23 Small arms and light weapоns: 119 between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan Small-calibre sniper weapоns: 11
10 February On the line of contact 13 Small arms and light weapоns: 104 between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan Small-calibre sniper weapоns: 2
11 February On the line of contact 10 Small arms and light weapоns: 113 between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan
12 February On the line of contact 14 Small arms and light weapоns: 131 between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan Small-calibre sniper weapоns: 4
13 February On the line of contact 12 Small arms and light weapоns: 38 between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan
14 February On the line of contact 14 Small arms and light weapоns: 160 between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan Small-calibre sniper weapоns: 3
15 February On the line of contact 30 Small arms and light weapоns: 344 between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan Small-calibre sniper weapоns: 25 Large-calibre sniper weapоns: 3 (Kurapatkino)
Large-calibre machine guns: 4 16 February On the line of contact 9 Small arms and light weapоns: 76 between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan Small-calibre sniper weapоns: 6
17 February On the line of contact 21 Small arms and light weapоns: 171 between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan Small-calibre sniper weapоns: 4 Large-calibre machine guns: 4
18 February On the line of contact 14 Small arms and light weapоns: 62 between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan Large-calibre sniper weapоns: 3 (Kurapatkino)
19 February On the line of contact 19 Small arms and light weapоns: 192 between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan Small-calibre sniper weapоns: 2 Large-calibre machine guns: 1
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Date Direction Incidents Type of weapons/shots
20 February On the line of contact 31 Small arms and light weapоns: 263 between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan Small-calibre sniper weapоns: 11 Large-calibre sniper weapоns: 1 (Karachuk)
21 February On the line of contact 46 Small arms and light weapоns: 1,291 between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan
22 February On the line of contact 44 Small arms and light weapоns: 306 between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan Small-calibre sniper weapоns: 3 Large-calibre sniper weapоns: 3 (Gjulistan)
23 February On the line of contact 56 Small arms and light weapоns: 491 between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan Small-calibre sniper weapоns: 13
24 February On the line of contact 29 Small arms and light weapоns: 128 between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan Small-calibre sniper weapоns: 10
25 February On the line of contact 24 Small arms and light weapоns: 110 between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan Small-calibre sniper weapоns: 4 Large-calibre sniper weapоns: 10 (Levonarkh)
26 February On the line of contact 19 Small arms and light weapоns: 75 between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan Small-calibre sniper weapоns: 17 Large-calibre machine guns: 5
27 February On the line of contact 17 Small arms and light weapоns: 64 between the armed forces of the Nagorno-Karabakh Small-calibre sniper weapоns: 1 Republic and Azerbaijan
28 February On the line of contact 33 Small arms and light weapоns: 296 between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan Small-calibre sniper weapоns: 7 Large-calibre sniper weapоns: 2 (Mehdili 1; Ashaghi Abdurakhmanli 1)
29 February On the line of contact 9 Small arms and light weapоns: 25 between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan
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