Azernews.Az

The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported Armenian Armed Forces fired on the positions of Azerbaijani Armed Forces located in the village of Qizilhajili in the Gazah region from positions located in the village of Berkaber of Armenia's Ijevan region last night.

The Azerbaijani positions near the villages of Horadiz, Garakhanbeyli, Gorgan, Ashagi Veyselli of the Fizuli region, Yusifjanli of the Aghdam region, Kuropatkino of the Khojavend region, Mehdili of the Jabrayil region, Geyarkh of the Terter region, Tapgaragoyunlu of the Goranboy region and the nameless heights were fired upon as well.

The shooting was countered by return fire.

Armenia occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized territories, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent regions, after laying territorial claims against its South Caucasus neighbor that caused a brutal war in the early 1990s. Long-standing efforts by the US, Russian, and French mediators have been largely fruitless so far.

As a result of Armenia's military aggression, over 20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed, 4,866 were reported missing, almost 100,000 were injured, and 50,000 were disabled.

The UN Security Council has passed four resolutions on Armenian withdrawal from the Azerbaijani territory, but they have not been enforced to this day.