Fighting continued between Armenian and Azerbaijani troops along the ceasefire line in Agdam District overnight and several more Azerbaijani troops were injured, APA news agency said.

Armenians used high-caliber weapons to attack Azerbaijani positions, the agency said. At least nine Azerbaijani troops were killed on July 31 in the deadliest clashes with Armenian forces in the past 20 years.

Armenians seized nearly one-fifth of Azerbaijan's internationally-recognized territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding districts, in a war after the Soviet breakup in 1991.

As many as 20 Azerbaijanis were killed and over a million displaced before the ceasefire was brokered in May 1994.

Azerbaijan says it reserves the right to use force to regain control of its territory should peace efforts mediated by the US, Russia and France fail.  

Bakudaily.az