Azernews.Az

The Azerbaijani Defense ministry reported that Armenian armed forces opened fire at Azerbaijani armed forces positions located in the Tovuz district's Alibeyli village, from the positions located in the Mosesgekh and Aygepar villages of Armenia's Berd district last night.

Azerbaijani armed forces positions were also subjected to Armenians' fire from positions near the Horadiz and Gorgan villages of Fizuli district.

Meanwhile, the next OSCE monitoring will be held on the contact line of Azerbaijani-Armenian troops.

Monitoring is planned for March 19 on the contact line located near the Mirashelli village of Azerbaijan's Aghdam district under the mandate of the OSCE chairperson-in-office personal representative.

On the Azerbaijani side, the monitoring will be held by the field assistants of the personal representative of the OSCE chairperson-in-office, Hristo Hristov and Peter Svedberg.

From the Armenian side, the monitoring will be held by the OSCE chairperson-in-office personal representative Andrzej Kasprzyk and his field assistant Jiri Aberle.

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.