Azerbaijan, Baku, March 10 /Trend M.Aliyev/
The tension at the contact line of Azerbaijani and Armenian troops remains.
Armenian Armed Forces open automatic and machine-gun fire on Azerbaijani positions located in the village Agbulag of Tovuz region from Chinarli village of Armenian Berd region on March 9 from 10:15 to 10:20 and from 11:50 to 11:55. Automatic and machine-gun fire on Azerbaijani positions was also opened from 1:50 to 2:10 on March 10 from positions near the villages Asagi Veyselli and Asagi Seidahmedli of Fizuli region, press service of Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan told Trend.
Fire was suppressed by reply fire.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.