Relative calm has been established in the Karabakh conflict zone, as of Tuesday at noon, spokesperson for Karabakh Defense Army, Senor Hasratyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

The aggression unleashed by Azerbaijan along the Line of Contact between the Karabakh-Azerbaijani opposing forces continued also tonight. In the late night on Monday and early morning Tuesday, Azerbaijan used Smerch-type multiple reactive rocket system.

In the same period, the adversary continued shelling peaceful Karabakh settlements and military bases, actively using unmanned aerial vehicles all along the Line of Contact, one of which was destroyed by the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army.

On Monday, Azerbaijan bombed a bus in Martakert region of Karabakh killing seven people. Earlier in the day, they had targeted the cars of journalists.

The shell fell 20-30 meters away from the cars, said Armenian News-NEWS.am correspondent, who was in one of these vehicles. “We managed to move forward only with the help of the Defense Army,” she said.

A growth of tension was recorded in the Armenia-Azerbaijan border, too. The Azerbaijani side fired at Armenian position-holders and settlements, and by way of rifle weaponry and mortars.  An Armenian serviceman was wounded.

The Defense Ministry of Nagorno-Karabakh, however, states that it will not target peaceful settlements.

Armenian Defense Ministry spokesperson said the Azerbaijanis shot twice from the rear at their own troops which, under the pressure of Armenian divisions, were leaving their positions.

Zakir Hasanov, the Defense  Minister of Azerbaijan, threatened to bomb Stepanakert, the capital city of Nagorno-Karabakh. First Deputy Defense Minister of Armenia, Davit Tonoyan, has informed Andrzej Kasprzyk, the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, on Baku’s such threat.

The OSCE Minsk Group on Tuesday will meet in Vienna to discuss the ways of easing the tension and stopping the violence along the Line of Contact.