He made the remarks Apr. 5 at a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif in Iran`s northern city of Ramsar.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts. The 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations. Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts.
On the night of April 2, 2016, all the frontier positions of Azerbaijan were subjected to heavy fire from the Armenian side, which used large-caliber weapons, mortars and grenade launchers.
The armed clashes resulted in deaths and injuries among the Azerbaijani population. Azerbaijan responded with a counter-attack, which led to liberation of several strategic heights and settlements.
Military operations were stopped on the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian armies on Apr. 5 at 12:00 (UTC/GMT + 4 hours) with the consent of the sides, said Azerbaijan`s Defense Ministry.
Mammadyarov said that the international community must exert pressure on Armenia, demand the country to put an end to provocations and withdraw its armed forces from the occupied Azerbaijani territories.
The meeting was held within the framework of the trilateral meeting of the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan, Turkey and Iran.
It is planned to discuss issues of regional cooperation, fighting against international terrorism, transit cargo transportation, as well as development of cooperation in the political sphere at the trilateral meeting.
Previous meetings of the foreign ministers of the three countries in this format were held in Urmia (Iran) and Nakhchivan (Azerbaijan).
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