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Over the past 24 hours, Armenia’s armed forces have 131 times violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported on September 27.

"The Azerbaijani army`s positions came under fire from Armenian villages, including Shavarshavan in Noyemberyan district, Mosesgekh and Chinari in Berd district, and unnamed hills in Krasnoselsk district," the ministry said.

"The army`s positions also came under fire from the Armenia-occupied districts of Azerbaijan, including Chilaburt and Goyarkh villages in Tartar, Shuraabad, Bash Garvand, Javahirli, Garagashli, Shirvanli, Kangarli, Sarijali, Novruzlu and Marzili villages in Aghdam, Kuropatkino village in Khojavand, Ashagi Veysalli, Gobu Dilagharda, Garvand, Garakhanbayli, Gorgan, Horadiz and Kurdlar villages in Fuzuli, Mehdili village in Jabrayil, as well as unnamed hills in Goranboy, Goygol, Tartar, Aghdam, Fuzuli and Khojavand," the ministry added.

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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