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Russia's President Vladimir Putin held an operative meeting with permanent members of the country's Security Council, TASS agency quoted the Russian president's spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying April 8.

Earlier , Vladimir Putin and his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev discussed the escalation of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh by phone, said a statement issued by Kremlin.

President Putin informed President Nazarbayev about the mediation measures taken by the Russian side, said the statement.

The situation on the frontline aggravated on April 2 after the Armenian military units in the occupied lands started shelling Azerbaijan’s positions.

To protect civilian population, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces launched counter attacks and as a result, the Azerbaijani troops retook hills around the village of Talish, as well as Seysulan settlement, and also took over Lele Tepe hill located in the direction of Fizuli region.

The hostilities renewed in the occupied Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan on April 4, as the Armenian side continued to shell the Azerbaijani positions although the Azerbaijani side announced unilateral ceasefire on April 3.

The Azerbaijani Army destroyed about 370 enemy soldiers since the start of the hostilities, according to the defense ministry.

Azerbaijan and Armenia have agreed to cease operations on the line of contact starting from 12.00, April 5, as a meeting between the Chief of General Staff of Azerbaijan Armed Forces Colonel General Najmaddin Sadikov and the Chief of General Staff of Armenian Armed Forces Colonel General Yuri Khachaturyan took place by the mediation of the Russian side.

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