During a counter-attack on April 4, Azerbaijani armed forces destroyed three tanks and eliminated about 30 servicemen of Armenian armed forces, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry told APA.

Three mortal shells fired during the ongoing conflict in the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh have hit a village in northwestern Iranian province of East Azarbaijan, but no casualties or damages have been reported, an Iranian official said.

l 2 the Armenian military units located in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan made another provocative action along the entire length of contact line as the Azerbaijani positions along the frontline came under fire from large-calibre weapons, mortars, artillery and grenade-launchers. Some residential areas and refugee settlements close to the frontline also came under fire.

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has met with heads of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, National Coalition Supporting Soviet Jewry and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.

The officer of Azerbaijani armed forces, Lieutenant Galib Zulfugarli (1992), who was killed as a result of the diversion carried out by Armenian armed forces on the Azerbaijani-Armenian border on March 27, was buried in the Vilvan village of the Lankaran district.

A farewell ceremony that took place on March 28 was attended by residents of the village, representatives of the Lankaran district executive authority and the State Service on Mobilization and Conscription, soldiers and officers of the military unit where Zulfugarli had served.

The martyr was buried after a volley salute was performed.

APA

The second statement issued by Ankara governor reported that 23 people died at the scene as a result of the explosion in Ankara.

According to APA, four more people died on the way to the hospital. 75 people were injured as a result of the explosion.