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 14 times last night.

Armenian Armed Forces fired on the positions of Azerbaijani Armed Forces located at the nameless heights in Gadabay region from the positions located at the nameless heights in Armenia's Krasnosel'skiy region. Azerbaijani Armed Forces located in the villages of Agdam and Alibeyli of Tovuz region were fired from the positions located in the village of Mosesgerh of Berd region last night.

Also, Armenian Armed Forces fired on the positions of Azerbaijani Armed Forces from the positions located near the villages of Shikhlar, Shuraabad, Bash Gervend, Agdam, Horadiz, Garakhanbeyli of Fizuli region, Kuropatkino, Chayli of Terter region and at the nameless heights in the territory of Goranboy region.

The shooting was countered by return fire.

Armenia occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent regions, after laying territorial claims against its South Caucasus neighbor that had caused a lengthy war in the early 1990s.

The UN Security Council's four resolutions on Armenian withdrawal have not been enforced to this day.

Peace talks, mediated by Russia, France and the US and the OSCE Minsk Group are underway on the basis of a peaceful outline -called Madrid Principle -proposed by the Minsk Group co-chairs. The negotiations have been largely fruitless so far.