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DEFENSE and SECURITY (Russia)
June 23, 2010 Wednesday
PEOPLE FIGHT IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH AGAIN
BYLINE: Marina Aleshina
HIGHLIGHT: NEGOTIATIONS ON STATUS OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH MAY BE RUINED
AGAIN; As soon as the presidents of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan
quit the trilateral meeting in St. Petersburg, real battles happened
in the unrecognized republic of Nagorno-Karabakh. As a result, there
were five people killed and mutual accusations of Yerevan and Baku.
As soon as the presidents of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan quit the
trilateral meeting in St. Petersburg, real battles happened in the
unrecognized republic. As a result, there were five people killed and
mutual accusations of Yerevan and Baku.
Hostilities began late on Friday afternoon. The Defense Ministry of
Nagorno-Karabakh reported, "An armed reconnaissance group penetrated
into the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic from Azerbaijan near
Chaily of Mardakert District at 11:30 p. m. The Azerbaijanis who
crossed the border managed to penetrate into the northeastern part of
the frontline." As a result of the battle "four servicemen of the army
of Nagorno-Karabakh were killed and the same quantity of servicemen
was wounded." Azerbaijan lost one soldier killed.
The incident happened on the next day after President of Russia Dmitry
Medvedev, his Armenian colleague Serzh Sargsian and Azerbaijani leader
Ilham Aliyev had a separate meeting in the framework of the economic
forum in St. Petersburg. Foreign Minister of Armenia Edvard Nalbandian
called the incident a "subversion operation" that had to ruin the
negotiations on the future status of Nagorno-Karabakh. Nalbandian
announced, "Before every meeting on the supreme level with the
President Armenia Baku tries to ruin the negotiations. This time the
Azerbaijanis went even further and organized an open provocation."
Sargsian said, "The Armenian party takes the breach of the ceasefire
regime in Nagorno-Karabakh especially painfully after the trilateral
meeting dedicated to resolving of the conflict." Earlier, he also
communication with co-chairs of the Minsk OSCE group from Russia,
France and US.
Along with this, official Baku has its own version. The Defense
Ministry of Azerbaijan insisted that shelling of several Azerbaijani
villages continued in the night of Friday-Saturday. The press service
of the ministry reported, "The first offensive of the army happened in
the direction of Chaily. After that the Nagorno-Karabakh party shelled
positions of the Azerbaijani forces in several villages of neighboring
Agdzhbedinsy District. Overall, the enemy fired at seven villages in
four districts for about five years."
Official spokesperson for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Elhan
Poluhov commented, "Today we have an acute armed conflict. Clashes of
such kind show that the Azerbaijani party will never get reconciled to
occupation of its territories."
Source: Izvestia, June 21, 2010, p. 5
From: A. Papazian
DEFENSE and SECURITY (Russia)
June 23, 2010 Wednesday
PEOPLE FIGHT IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH AGAIN
BYLINE: Marina Aleshina
HIGHLIGHT: NEGOTIATIONS ON STATUS OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH MAY BE RUINED
AGAIN; As soon as the presidents of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan
quit the trilateral meeting in St. Petersburg, real battles happened
in the unrecognized republic of Nagorno-Karabakh. As a result, there
were five people killed and mutual accusations of Yerevan and Baku.
As soon as the presidents of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan quit the
trilateral meeting in St. Petersburg, real battles happened in the
unrecognized republic. As a result, there were five people killed and
mutual accusations of Yerevan and Baku.
Hostilities began late on Friday afternoon. The Defense Ministry of
Nagorno-Karabakh reported, "An armed reconnaissance group penetrated
into the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic from Azerbaijan near
Chaily of Mardakert District at 11:30 p. m. The Azerbaijanis who
crossed the border managed to penetrate into the northeastern part of
the frontline." As a result of the battle "four servicemen of the army
of Nagorno-Karabakh were killed and the same quantity of servicemen
was wounded." Azerbaijan lost one soldier killed.
The incident happened on the next day after President of Russia Dmitry
Medvedev, his Armenian colleague Serzh Sargsian and Azerbaijani leader
Ilham Aliyev had a separate meeting in the framework of the economic
forum in St. Petersburg. Foreign Minister of Armenia Edvard Nalbandian
called the incident a "subversion operation" that had to ruin the
negotiations on the future status of Nagorno-Karabakh. Nalbandian
announced, "Before every meeting on the supreme level with the
President Armenia Baku tries to ruin the negotiations. This time the
Azerbaijanis went even further and organized an open provocation."
Sargsian said, "The Armenian party takes the breach of the ceasefire
regime in Nagorno-Karabakh especially painfully after the trilateral
meeting dedicated to resolving of the conflict." Earlier, he also
communication with co-chairs of the Minsk OSCE group from Russia,
France and US.
Along with this, official Baku has its own version. The Defense
Ministry of Azerbaijan insisted that shelling of several Azerbaijani
villages continued in the night of Friday-Saturday. The press service
of the ministry reported, "The first offensive of the army happened in
the direction of Chaily. After that the Nagorno-Karabakh party shelled
positions of the Azerbaijani forces in several villages of neighboring
Agdzhbedinsy District. Overall, the enemy fired at seven villages in
four districts for about five years."
Official spokesperson for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Elhan
Poluhov commented, "Today we have an acute armed conflict. Clashes of
such kind show that the Azerbaijani party will never get reconciled to
occupation of its territories."
Source: Izvestia, June 21, 2010, p. 5
From: A. Papazian