Azernews.Az

Armenian armed forces have violated ceasefire with Azerbaijan 22 times over the last 24 hours, Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry reported on October 10.

Azerbaijani positions in the village of Qaymaqli in the Qazakh district were fired from the positions in the village of Barekamavan of Armenia's Noemberyan district, the ministry said.

Azerbaijani positions were also fired from the positions in the villages of Qizil Oba, Chilyaburt, Gekarh, Chayli in the Terter district, Horadiz, Ashagi Veysalli in the Fizuli district, Javakhirli in the Aghdam district and the nameless heights of the Khojavand and Qoranboy districts.

The enemy 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.