Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan has held talks over phone with with Azerbaijani and Armenian defense ministers on the situation in Azerbaijan's occupied Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan has called for a truce and resolving the existing dispute through negotiations, IRNA news agency reported.
On the same day, responding to the Armenian aggression, Azerbaijani armed forces launched counter-attack operations against Armenia that led to the liberation of several strategic heights and settlements.
Later, taking into account the international organizations' appeals, Azerbaijan announced unilateral suspension of the counter-attacks and response measures in the territories occupied by Armenia.