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Armenian armed forces violated the ceasefire on June 26 - the Day of Armed Forces of Azerbaijan.

The ceasefire was violated from different directions on the front 66 times, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported.

The armed forces of Armenia, located in the Berkaber village of the Armenia's Ijevan region, opened fire at the positions of Azerbaijani armed forces located in the Qizilhajili village of the Qazakh region.

At the same time, the Azerbaijani positions took fire from the positions located in the villages of Horadiz, Qarakhanbayli, Qorgan, Ashagi Veysalli, Ashagi Seyidahmedlii of the Fizuli region, Shikhlar, Shuraabad, Marzili, Yusifjanli of the Aghdam region, Chilabort of the Terter region, Kuropatkino of the Khojavand region and the nameless heights.

The opposing side was silenced with return fire.

For over two decades, Azerbaijan and Armenia have been locked in conflict which emerged over Armenia's territorial claims against its South Caucasus neighbor.

Since a war in the early 1990s, Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan's territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions.

A fragile ceasefire has been in place since 1994, but long-standing efforts by U.S., Russian and French mediators have been largely fruitless so far. Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on its pullout from the neighboring country's territories.