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By Sara Rajabova

Armenian armed forces keep under constant fire the Azerbaijani villages located near the contact line of Armenian-Azerbaijani troops.

The intensive shooting resulted in the wounding of the residents of the border villages.

The Armenian armed forces shelled the villages of Alibayli, Hajalli and Kokha Nebi in the Tovuz region. Shelling started at 18:00 hours on June 19 and lasted about five hours, local media reported.

Resident of Alibayli village, the forty six-year-old Anayat Aliyeva was wounded when the Armenian armed forces fired on the villages.

The wounded villager was taken to the central hospital of the Tovuz region for treatment.

Aliyeva was wounded in the leg, arm and abdomen as a result of the fragments from a large-caliber bullet that hit her house. Aliyeva is now in a stable condition.

The villagers said the Armenian armed forces fire on the villages by using large-caliber weapons from time to time.

The shelling also wounded two other residents of the Alibayli village. Seventy- two year old Garagiz Nagiyeva and her five- year-old granddaughter Nurjan Nagiyeva were wounded on June 19. Both were taken to the central hospital of the Tovuz region for treatment.

Garagiz Nagiyeva was taken to a hospital with a gunshot wound. Her granddaughter was allowed to go home after out-patient treatment.

Azerbaijan returned fire retaliating the enemy's attack. The situation in the village is stable now.

"The overall situation on the contact line between Azerbaijan and Armenia has remained tense as the Armenian armed forces shattered the ceasefire a total of 41 times throughout the day," Azerbaijan`s Defense Ministry said.

The ceasefire was violated in Alibayli village of Tovuz region, Gorgan, Garakhanbayli, Ashagi Veysalli, Ashagi Seyidahmadli and Horadiz villages of Fuzuli region, Yusifjanli and Shuraabad villages of Aghdam region, Goyarkh village of Terter region, Tap Garagoyunlu village of Goranboy region, Mehdili village of Jabrayil region and nameless hills of Khojavend region on June 19 and on the night of June 20.

"The Armenians were silenced with retaliating fire," the Defense Ministry said.

Recent shelling of Gapanli village of Azerbaijan's Tartar region caused a fire in the yard of a village resident.

Although there were no casualties, the villager suffered major property damage.

Besides, the frequent ceasefire breaches in recent days have resulted with killing of some Azerbaijani soldiers by the Armenian forces.

Violating the ceasefire regime on June 15, the Armenian armed forces shot dead a junior sergeant of the Azerbaijani army. Besides, as a result of Armenian sabotage on the frontline, three soldiers of Azerbaijan's armed forces were killed in late May-early June.

The Armenian armed forces have intensified ceasefire violations on the contact line between Armenian and Azerbaijani troops since the beginning of 2014. As a result of ceasefire breaches, several Azerbaijani soldiers were shot dead.

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 U.S. have produced no results so far.