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The situation on the contact line between Armenia and Azerbaijan has remained tense as the Armenian Armed Forces shattered ceasefire a total of 19 times throughout the day, Azerbaijan`s Defense Ministry said.

The ceasefire was violated in Horadiz, Garakhanbayli, Ashagi Seyidahmadli and Ashaghi Veysalli villages of Fuzuli region, Yusifjanli village of Aghdam region and nameless hills of Chilaburt village of Terter region on June 8 and on the night of June 9.

The Armenians were silenced with a retail fire.

Earlier, the ministry reported that ceasefire violations which have begun since January are mostly observed in the Fizuli, Agdam, Terter, Goranboy, Khojavend, and Jabrayil districts. In all 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 their immediate and unconditional withdrawal.

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