Colonel, head of the Azerbaijani defense ministry`s press service Vagif Dargahli commented on the news spread in the Armenian Media claiming Azerbaijan inflicted heavy artillery strikes on the opposite side: `If the Armed Forces of the Armenian Republic keeps shelling the residential areas, the Azerbaijani Army will inflict retaliatory strikes using relevant military weapons. We only inflict strikes on the enemy side in a responsive measure`.
`The current situation of the contact line is stable`, he told, Azvision.az reports citing Anspress.
`The Armenian Armed Forces opened fire at the residential areas close to the frontline. In this manner, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces inflicted retaliatory strikes on the posts and trenches of the enemy side to ensure the stability in the contact line`, he added.
No casualties reported in the Armed Forces as a result of the ceasefire violation.
Armenian Armed Forces inflicted strikes on the Tartar and Agdam regions using 60, 82 and 120-mm mortar launchers, "Grad" rockets, D-30 howitzer and mortars.
Azerbaijani Armed Forces inflicted 121 retaliatory strikes on the military objects of the Armenian side.
Armenian Armed Forces 117 times violated ceasefire during the past 24 hours.
` Azerbaijan to inflict retaliatory strikes on Armenians` - MoD
28 April 2016
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