BAKU, April 7. /TASS/. Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said that its army positions in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic have been fired upon from Armenian territory.

"On April 7, at about 17:15, Armenian armed forces units from the positions located in the direction of Sultanbay settlement of Pashali region using small arms subjected to fire the Azerbaijan Army positions stationed in the direction of Shada settlement of Shahbuz region of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic," it said in a statement.

According to the military agency, Azerbaijani units "took adequate retaliatory measures."

In turn, the Armenian Defense Ministry refuted these claims in an official statement. "The statement of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan that the units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia opened fire towards Azerbaijani combat positions in the southwestern part of the border at 5:15 p.m. on April 7th doesn’t correspond to reality," it said.