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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 58 times throughout the day, Azerbaijan`s Defence Ministry reported.

Armenian armed forces, located in Armenia’s Paravakar village of Ijevan region, nameless hills of Krasnoselsk region, subjected to fire the positions of Azerbaijani armed forces located in Kohnagishlag village of Agstafa region, nameless hills of Gadabay region.

The ceasefire was also violated in Gulustan village of Goranboy region, Chayli, Giziloba, Goyarkh, Chilaburt villages of Tartar region, Shuraabad, Javahirli, Garagashli, Kangarli, Sarijali, Shikhlar, Yusifjanli and Marzili villages of Agdam region, Kuropatkino village of Khojavand region, Ashagi Seyidahmadli village of Fuzuli region, Mehdili village of Jabrayil region, as well as nameless hills of Goranboy, Khojavand, Fuzuli and Jabrayil regions.

The enemy was 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 the UN Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.

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