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By Sara Rajabova

Continuing disrespect for international rules and norms, Armenia is aggravating the situation on the contact line between Armenian and Azerbaijani troops.

The Armenian Armed Forces subjected the Alibayli village of the Tovuz region to intense firing on the nights of March 27-28.

Elman Taghiyev, a 44-year-old resident of the Alibayli village, suffered a bullet wound as a result of the ceasefire violation by the Armenian armed forces, Azerbaijan's Interior Ministry said.

Last night, the Armenian armed units opened fire at about 100 homes in Alibayli, Azerbaijani regional TV channel reported.

Taghiyev was injured when he went to his yard to assist his family members who were trying to find a safe place to hide.

He was taken to the Tovuz district central hospital where doctors assessed his condition as moderately severe.

Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry, in turn, told Trend Agency that no Azerbaijani soldier was injured as a result of the ceasefire violation, and any information opposing that is untrue.

The Armenian armed forces regularly open fire over the villages located near the contact line.

Earlier, a resident of the village near the frontline in the Tovuz region was wounded as a result of the Armenian armed forces' shelling of nearby villages.

In addition to that, the Armenian armed forces fired at civilians who were on their way to a funeral near the contact line in the Aghdam region in mid-March.

Because the cemetery is located 200-250 meters away from the front line, it has also been shelled in the past, resulting in deaths and injuries.

Earlier, Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported that most ceasefire violations are observed in Fizuli, Agdam, Terter, Goranboy, Khojavend, and Jabrayil districts. The ceasefire has been violated over 3,000 times since January 2014. In all the cases, the enemy's shooting was answered by retaliatory fire.

Armenia captured Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding districts from Azerbaijan in a war that followed the Soviet breakup in 1991. More than 20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed and nearly 1 million were displaced as a result of the war.

Large-scale hostilities ended with a Russia-brokered ceasefire in 1994, but Armenia has continued the occupation in defiance of four UN Security Council resolutions calling for immediate and unconditional withdrawal.

Peace talks mediated by Russia, France, and the US have produced no results so far.