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Armenian armed forces have broken the ceasefire with Azerbaijan 47 times in numerous positions in the last 24 hours, Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported on February 13.

Armenian armed forces, located in the villages of Berkaber and Paravakar of Armenia’s Ijevan district, opened fire at the positions of Azerbaijani armed forces located in the villages of Gizilhajili of the Gazakh district and Kehneqishlaq of the Agstafa district.

At the same time, Azerbaijani positions located on the nameless heights of the Qadabay district, took fire from the positions located on the nameless heights of Armenia’s Krasnoselsk district.

Azerbaijani positions also underwent fire from the positions located near the villages of Tapgaragoyunlu of the Goranboy district, Goyarkh, Chileburt of the Terter district, Yusifjanli, Shikhlar, Sarijali, Shirvanli of the Aghdam district, Kuropatkino of the Khojavend district, Garakhanbeyli, Horadiz, Ashagi Veysalli and Ashagi Seyidahmadli of the Fizuli district and Mehdili of Jabrayil district.

Moreover, Azerbaijani positions took fire from the positions located on the nameless heights of Goranboy, Khojavend and Fizuli districts.

The enemy was silenced with return fire.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan.

As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.

The two countries signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the US are currently holding peace negotiations.

Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.

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