Azernews.Az

Last night and earlier today, the Armenian Armed Forces opened fire at the positions of Azerbaijani Armed Forces located in the Alibeyli village in the Tovuz region and at nameless heights of Tovuz and Gazakh regions from the positions in the village of Paravakar, Mosesgerh and Aygedzor of Armenia's Berd region, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported.

Also, Subunits of the Armenian Armed Forces shattered ceasefire with Azerbaijan in nameless hills of Gizil Oba, Chayli villages of Terter region, Ashagi Abdurrahmanli, Garakhanbeyli, Ashagi Seyidahmadli, Horadiz villages of Fuzuli region, Kuropatkino village of Khojavand region, Tap Garagoyunlu village of Goranboy region, Shikhlar village of Agdam region nameless hills of Jabrail region on August 5-6.

The Armenians were silenced with a retail fire.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan.

Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.

Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the U.S. are currently holding peace negotiations.

Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.