But it said Azeri military actions were halted 12 PM local time.
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A Karabakh army officer told the photographer that “occasional shooting has been a normal thing on the frontline for years”.
Medvedev, after meeting his Armenian counterpart, said Russian Federation was ready to continue to use its influence to mediate and there was no alternative to the dispute resolution mechanism.
In this frame grab made from a video provided by the Karabakh militia, Monday, April 4, 2016, a burning drone burns after being shot down by Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan.
Germany, as chair of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, has confirmed it will send a fact-finding mission to the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
The talks in Vienna were due to start at 1300 GMT (9pm Malaysia), but scheduled to be brief and with no announcement to the media.
In a bid to cement the truce, mediators have set out to the region to shuttle between the two warring sides in a flurry of diplomacy.
The fighting had raised fears of a possible escalation in hostilities, with Turkey strongly backing Azerbaijan and Russian Federation obliged to protect Armenia by a mutual security pact.
At least 75 people have been killed in the worst fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh for decades.
Azerbaijan said 31 of its servicemen and four civilians died in the clashes that broke out April 1, while Nagorno-Karabakh said that 29 Armenian soldiers died and 101 were wounded.
Most women, children and elderly persons in Talish and Mataghis were evacuated shortly after Azerbaijani troops attacked nearby Karabakh Armenian army positions early on Saturday.
President Vladimir Putin of Russian Federation, which has sold weaponry to both sides but has far closer economic and military ties to Armenia, has called for a ceasefire, a move echoed by Washington. “If you do, take the side of the oppressed, not the oppressor”, said Erdogan.
Azerbaijan will not unleash full-scale operations in the near future, but it is not excluded that another outbreak of violence may occur in the Karabakh conflict zone in the future, said head of the Analytical Center on Globalization and Regional Cooperation Stepan Grigoryan.
This would then give Ankara a chance to increase its influence over Azerbaijan, its historic and cultural ally.
The parallel arms sales to the bitter rivals have reflected Russia’s desire to expand its influence in the strategic South Caucasus region, which has been a key conduit for energy resources from the Caspian Sea to the West. If the Karabakh conflict escalates, it could disrupt oil and gas shipments from the region.
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On Tuesday, Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili urged Baku and Yerevan to “calm the environment which is just several hundred kilometres” from the country.
