Azerbaijani Ministry of Emergency Situations employee injured during shelling in Aghdam district

A mortar shell fired by the Armenian side hit a house in the village of Evoglu in the Aghdam district.

One part of the house was destroyed, a fire occurred in another part, Azerbaijan's Ministry of Emergency Situations said.

As a result of the fire an employee of the fire service of the State Fire Protection Service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Azerbaijan was injured, Trend reports.

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.