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By Trend

Armenian armed forces have 19 times violated the ceasefire on the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops over the past 24 hours, said Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry Aug. 8.

Armenians were using large caliber machine guns while firing at Azerbaijani positions.

Armenian armed forces, stationed in the nameless heights of Armenia’s Ijevan district opened fire at Azerbaijani positions located on the nameless heights of Gazakh district.

Azerbaijani positions in the Munjuqlu village of Tovuz district also took fire from the positions located in the nameless heights of Armenia’s Berd district.

Azerbaijani positions also underwent fire from the positions located on the nameless heights in Goygol, Goranboy, Fizuli and Khojavand districts, as well as near the villages of Medhili of Jabrayil district and Merzili of Aghdam district.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.

The 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations. Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts.

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