The Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan said in a statement that Armenian soldiers fired at Azerbaijani positions with howitzers on Saturday.
Azerbaijani forces fired back and killed at least five Armenian soldiers and wounded eight, the ministry said.
The statement added that also three Azerbaijani soldiers had been slightly wounded .
Clashes between the two countries started in 1988 with the invasion of the Azerbaijani territory of Nagorno-Karabakh by Armenia, which later evolved into a full-fledged war in 1992.
Since the end of the war in 1994, Armenian and Azerbaijani delegations have held talks over the status of Nagorno-Karabakh under the supervision of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe's Minsk Group.
Although a cease-fire was signed in 1994, clashes regularly occur along the border.
www.aa.com.tr
24/8/15
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Fighting erupts in Nagorno-Karabakh, both sides claim deaths...
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Nagorno-Karabakh and some adjacent territory have been under the control of Armenian soldiers and local ethnic Armenian forces since a 1994 cease-fire that ended a six-year war. Frequent shootings still occur along the buffer zone, and the weekend fighting appears to have been especially deadly.
Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry said Monday that its forces killed five Armenian soldiers and wounded eight others, while three Azerbaijani soldiers were lightly wounded.
The defense forces of Nagorno-Karabakh claimed to have killed four Azerbaijani soldiers and wounded more than 15. No information was given about casualties on the Nagorno-Karabakh side.
Both sides accused the other of being the first to open fire with mortars.
Associated Press