The Armenian armed forces have violated the ceasefire with Azerbaijan on the line of contact 18 times over the past 24 hours, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said.
The Armenian armed forces stationed in the village of Voskevan of Armenia's Ijevan district opened fire at the Azerbaijani positions located in the Gushchu Ayrim village of the Gazakh district.
Azerbaijani positions located in the Munjuglu village of the Tovuz district were shelled from the Aygedzor village and nameless heights of Armenia's Berd district.
Armenian army also violated ceasefire from the positions near the Chilaburt village of the Terter district, the Kuropatkino village of the Khojavand district, the Garakhanbeyli, Horadiz villages of the Fizuli district, and from nameless heights in the territory of Khojavand and Fizuli districts.
Recall, on the night of April 2 all frontier positions of Azerbaijan were exposed to heavy fire from large-caliber weapons, mortars, grenade launchers and guns. In addition, Azerbaijani settlements near the front line, densely populated by civilians, were shelled.
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% 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 withdrawal of its armed forces from Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts.
