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By Trend

Armenia’s armed forces have 16 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. 16.

The Armenian army was using large-caliber machine guns.

The Armenian armed forces stationed in the Paravakar village of the Ijevan district and on nameless heights of the Berd district of Armenia opened fire at the Azerbaijani positions located on nameless heights of the Gazakh district and in the Munjuglu and Kokhanebi villages of the Tovuz district.

Positions of the Azerbaijani army also underwent fire from the Armenian positions located near the Horadiz and Ashagi Seyidahmadli villages of the Fizuli.

Moreover, Azerbaijani positions also took fire from the Armenian positions located on nameless heights of the Goranboy and Khojavand districts.

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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