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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 said.

The ceasefire was violated in nameless hills in Gazakh, Gadabay regions, Kohnagishlag village in Agstafa region, Alibayli, Kokhanabi villages in Tovuz region, Gulustan village in Goranboy region, Goyarkh, Chayli, Yarimja, Chilaburt villages in Tartar region, Shikhlar, Javahirli, Sarijali, Kangarli, Novruzlu, Shuraabad, Yusifjanli, Namirli villages in Aghdam region, Kuropatkino village in Khojavend region, Garakhanbayli, Horadiz, Gorgan, Ashaghi Seyidahmadli villages in Fuzuli region, Mehdili village in Jabrayil region, as well as in nameless hills in Goygol, Goranboy, Khojavand, Fuzuli and Jabrayil regions.

In view of the operational situation, Azerbaijani armed forces inflicted 120 strikes upon Armenia's positions.

For over two decades, Azerbaijan and Armenia have been locked in conflict which emerged over Armenia's territorial claims against its South Caucasus neighbor. Since a war in the early 1990s, Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan's territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions.

Over the entire period of its existence, the OSCE Minsk Group, which acted as the only mediator in resolution of the conflict, failed to move forward in resolving the long lasting conflict, although the interested parties had pinned great hopes on it.

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