Azerbaijan, Baku /corr. Trend I.Alizade / On 6 and 7 August, the divisions of the Armenian Armed Forces constantly broke the ceasefire agreement near the villages of Shikhlar, Marzili of Azerbaijan's Agdam district, Karmiravan village of Tartar district, villages of Tapgaragoyunlu and Gulustan of Goranbiy district, Garvand village of Fizuli district, Kuropatka village of Khojavend district and Archingildag mountain in Dashkesen district, Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan reported. The Azerbaijani Armed Forces retaliated and no lives were lost.
The conflict between the two countries of South Caucasus began in 1988 due to territorial claims by Armenia against Azerbaijan. Armenia has occupied 20% of the Azerbaijani land including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and its seven surrounding Districts. Since 1992, these territories have been under the occupation of the Armenian Forces. In 1994, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement at which time the active hostilities ended. The Co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group ( Russia, France and USA) are currently holding peaceful negotiations.