Armenia Defense Ministry reports shelling from Azerbaijan

YEREVAN, March 7 (Itar-Tass) - The Armenian Defense Ministry has reported the shelling of border army units from Azerbaijan on Monday and overnight to Tuesday.

According to the spokesman for the Armenian Defense Ministry, Colonel Seiran Shakhsuvaryan, the Armenian side had not retaliated with fire. He said positions in three regions had come under fire.

Defense Minister Serzh Sarkisyan believes there is “no particular aggravation of the situation on the border”. The minister, who is also secretary of the National Security Council, told Russian reporters here that following the signing of an agreement on ceasefire 12 years ago, it has been violated on a monthly or weekly basis.

Meanwhile, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday the shelling of the Azerbaijani western Kazakhsky region from the side of Armenia. Ministry spokesman Ilgar Verdiyev said national army positions had been shelled twice from Armenia. He said Azerbaijani positions had been shelled from sub-machine guns and machine guns. He said there had been no losses among Azerbaijani military. No retaliatory fire followed, he added.