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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 115 times throughout the day, Azerbaijan`s Defense Ministry reported on January 18.

Armenian armed forces, located in Armenia's Berkaber village of Ijevan region, Dovekh and Barekamayan villages of Noyemberyan region, Mosesgekh village of Berd region and nameless hills of Krasnoselsk region subjected to fire the positions of Azerbaijani armed forces located in Gizilhajili, Kamarli, Gaymagli villages of Gazakh region, Agdam village of Tovuz region and nameless hills of Gadabay regions.

The ceasefire was violated in Talish, Gulustan villages in Goranboy region, Chilaburt, Yarimja villages in Tartar region, Shikhlar, Novruzlu, Javahirli, Kangarli, Sarijali, Garagashli, Shuraabad, Yusifjanli, Marzali villages in Aghdam region, Kuropatkino village in Khojavand region, Horadiz, Gorgan, Garakhanbayli, Ashagi Seyidahmadli villages in Fuzuli region, as well as nameless hills in Goygol, Goranboy, Khojavand, Fuzuli and Jabrayil regions.

In view of the operational situation, Azerbaijani armed forces carried out 116 strikes on enemy positions.

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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