On March 6, at 08:40, members of the illegal Armenian armed detachment in the territory of Azerbaijan, where the Russian peacekeepers are temporarily stationed, using small arms subjected to fire the Azerbaijan Army positions, deployed in the direction of the Khidirli and Chukhurmahla settlements of Aghdam district, and the deployment point of Azerbaijan Army unit, Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Defense said.

“Adequate retaliatory measures were taken by the units of the Azerbaijan Army located in these directions.

The command of the Russian peacekeeping contingent and the Russian-Turkish Joint Monitoring Center were immediately informed about the incident.

Currently, the situation in these directions is stable, the operational situation is under the full control of our units,” the ministry noted.

Source: Azerbaijan State News Agency