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The situation on the contact line between Azerbaijan and Armenia has remained tense as the Armenian Armed Forces shattered ceasefire a total of 36 times throughout the day, Azerbaijan`s Defence Ministry reported.

Armenian armed forces, located in Armenia’s Berkaber village of Ijevan region, Aygepar village of Berd region, subjected to fire the positions of Azerbaijani armed forces located in Gizilhajili village of Gazakh region, Alibayli village of Tovuz region.

The ceasefire was violated in Talish, Tap Garagoyunlu villages of Goranboy region, Chilaburt, Goyarkh, Gizil Oba villages of Tartar region, Yusifjanli, Kangarli, Sarijali, Shikhlar, Shuraabad, Bash Garvand, Marzali and Garagashli villages of Agdam region, Gorgan, Horadiz, Garakhanbayli, Alkhanli, Ashagi Seyidahmadli, Ashagi Abdurrahmanli and Ashagi Veysalli villages of Fuzuli region, Mehdili village of Jabrayil region, as well as nameless hills of Goranboy and Fuzuli regions.

The Armenians were silenced with a retaliatory 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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