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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 59 times throughout the day, Azerbaijan`s Defense Ministry said.

The ceasefire was violated in Alibayli, Kokhanabi villages in Tovuz region, nameless hills in Gazakh region, Gulustan village in Goranboy region, Chileburt, Chayli, Gizil Oba, Goyarkh, villages in Terter region, Shikhlar, Shuraabad, Jevahirli, Garagashli, Yusifjanli, Merzili, Shirvanli, Bash Gervend villages in Aghdam region, Kuropatkino village in Khojavend region, Horadiz, Gorgan, Ashagi Seyidahmadli, Ashagi Abdurrahmanli villages in Fuzuli region, Mehdili village in Jabrayil region, as well as nameless hills in Goranboy, Khojavend, Fuzuli and Jabrayil regions.

The Armenians were silenced with a retaliatory fire.

Azerbaijan's internationally recognized Nagorno-Karabakh territory was turned into a battlefield and zone of aggravated tensions after Armenia sent its troops to occupy Azerbaijan's lands in the early 1990s. As a result, 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized territory stands under military occupation of Armenia.

For the past two decades, and despite calls from the international community, Armenia has refused to withdraw its troops and retreat within its national borders.

Although the Minsk Group is brokering peace talks between Azerbaijan and Armenia, Baku has raised questions as to the efficiency of such talks amid the lack of any tangible result. Periodical visits of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs to the region have already lost their substance, claim Azerbaijani officials.

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