Azernews.Az

The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported that Armenian Armed Forces violated ceasefire on the contact line of Azerbaijani and Armenian troops in different positions 23 times on March 2.

Armenian Armed Forces fired on the position of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces located in the villages of Gizilhajili and Ashagi Eskipara of Gazakh region from the positions located in the villages of Aygepar, Berkaber, Ijevan and Voskepar of Armenia's Noyemberyan region last night.

Also, the Azerbaijani positions were fired from the positions located near the villages of Horadiz, Garakhanbeyli, Gorgan of Fizuli, Shuraabad, Kengerli, Aghdam, Mehdili of Cabrayil and Gulustan of Goranboy region.

The shooting was countered by return fire, the ministry reported.

Armenia occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized territories, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent regions, after laying territorial claims against its South Caucasus neighbor that caused a brutal war in the early 1990s. Long-standing efforts by the US, Russian, and French mediators have been largely fruitless so far.

As a result of Armenia's military aggression, over 20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed, 4,866 were reported missing, almost 100,000 were injured, and 50,000 were disabled.

The UN Security Council has passed four resolutions on Armenian withdrawal from the Azerbaijani territory, but they have not been enforced to this day.