Azerbaijani armed forces have destroyed an Armenian command and staff point in the occupied Azerbaijani territories, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said in a statement on April 4.

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.