YEREVAN

Armenia and Azerbaijan on April 9 traded accusations over the shelling of each other's territory in violation of a days-old cease-fire aimed at halting a flareup of violence over the disputed Nagorno Karabakh region.

The two former-Soviet neighbors exchanged fire overnight but there were no reports of casualties.

Azerbaijan has shown that it is a strong country by responding to the heated conflict with Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, according to the country's energy minister, who added that Azerbaijan's main aim was to solve the dispute with diplomatic efforts.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an on April 6 accused Russia of siding with Armenia in the conflict with Azerbaijan over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, saying Moscow was meddling as it had in Ukraine and Syria.

Erdo?an also accused Armenia of not sticking to a truce with Turkey's ally Azerbaijan in the territory.

The ceasefire in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh seems to have largely been restored after Azerbaijan and the Armenian separatists reached an agreement to cease hostilities on Tuesday.

This development comes after the outbreak of fighting at the end of last week, which represented the most serious surge in violence in the past two decades.

Turkey backs Azerbaijan in the heated conflict with Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh, where a cease-fire has been reached after four days of clashes, with Turkish president and prime minister expressing their vociferous support for Baku.

Clashes continued in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region for a third day, during which Azerbaijan said Armenian forces killed three of its troops as it killed 30 Armenian troops after launching an attack on a command center, amid diplomatic efforts to ease the tension. 

Azerbaijan said Armenian forces had killed three of its troops on April 4, as clashes over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh continued for a third day despite international pressure to stop fighting.

The Azeri defense ministry said three servicemen were killed when Armenians shelled their positions using mortars and grenade launchers.

Azerbaijan's defence ministry announced on Sunday it was callig a unilateral ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh as fighting in the disputed region entered its second day.

Azerbaijan took the decision after international calls to end the fighting, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty informs.

Fierce clashes left at least 30 Azerbaijani and Armenian soldiers dead April 2 in the disputed as Russia and the West urged an immediate ceasefire after a major escalation in violence over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.

Serbian Assembly President Maja Gojkovic was on Tuesday received in Yerevan by Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan.

The two officials "noted that the economic cooperation and trade relations between the two countries should develop further," Tanjug reported.