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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 116 times throughout the day, Azerbaijan`s Defense Ministry reported on January 29.

The Armenian armed forces subjected to fire the positions of the Azerbaijani armed forces located in Berkaber, Paravakar villages and nameless hill of Icevan region, Gizilhajili village in Gazakh region, Kohnagishlag village of Agstafa region, Mosesgekh, Chinari villages of Berd region, Agdam, Alibayli, Kokhanebi, Agbulag villages of Tovuz region and nameless hills in Krasnoselsk and Gadabay regions.

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

The Azerbaijani armed forces carried out 120 strikes on enemy positions in view of the operational situation, the ministry said.

Armenia captured Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions from Azerbaijan in a war that followed the Soviet breakup in 1991. More than 20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed and nearly 1 million were displaced as a result of the war.

The peace talks have been largely fruitless so far despite the efforts of the co-chair countries over 20 years.

The sides to the conflict currently hold talks based on the renewed Madrid principles, which envisage return of occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijani control, ensure the right of all internally displaced persons and refugees to return to their former places of residence, future determination of the final legal status of Nagorno-Karabakh and etc.

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