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Trend, Azerbaijan
Nov 19 2010
Prosecutor General's Office: Investigation into crash of helicopter
with Azerbaijani senior officials suspended
Azerbaijan, Baku, Nov. 19 / Trend K.Zarbaliyeva /
The investigation into crash of helicopter with Azerbaijani senior
officials on board in the sky of the Garakand village of the Khojavand
region 19 years ago has been suspended.
"The investigation into the crime was suspended as it took place in
the area which is currently occupied by the Armenian Armed Forces. It
was impossible to expose criminals," the Prosecutor General's Office
told Trend.
The Armenian Armed Forces shot down MI-8 Helicopter, which included
Azerbaijani senior officials, Russian and Kazakh military observers,
onNov. 20 in 1991 and as a result, killing 22 people.
The incident killed Azerbaijani Interior Ministry Mahammad Asadov,
Prosecutor General Ismat Gayibov, Secretary of State Tofig Ismayilov,
his Deputy Rafig Mammadov, MPs of USSR Supreme Council Vali Mammadov
and Zulfu Hajiyev, Presidential Administration's Department Head Osman
Mirzayev, Shusha City Administration Head Vagif Jafarov, journalist
Ali Mustafayev, operator Fakhraddin Shahbazov, lighter Arif Huseynzade
and others.
A lawsuit was filed on the incident at the Military Garrison
Prosecutor's Office on Nov. 21 in 1991 and submitted to the Republican
Prosecutor's Office to continue investigation.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are
currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.
From: A. Papazian
Nov 19 2010
Prosecutor General's Office: Investigation into crash of helicopter
with Azerbaijani senior officials suspended
Azerbaijan, Baku, Nov. 19 / Trend K.Zarbaliyeva /
The investigation into crash of helicopter with Azerbaijani senior
officials on board in the sky of the Garakand village of the Khojavand
region 19 years ago has been suspended.
"The investigation into the crime was suspended as it took place in
the area which is currently occupied by the Armenian Armed Forces. It
was impossible to expose criminals," the Prosecutor General's Office
told Trend.
The Armenian Armed Forces shot down MI-8 Helicopter, which included
Azerbaijani senior officials, Russian and Kazakh military observers,
onNov. 20 in 1991 and as a result, killing 22 people.
The incident killed Azerbaijani Interior Ministry Mahammad Asadov,
Prosecutor General Ismat Gayibov, Secretary of State Tofig Ismayilov,
his Deputy Rafig Mammadov, MPs of USSR Supreme Council Vali Mammadov
and Zulfu Hajiyev, Presidential Administration's Department Head Osman
Mirzayev, Shusha City Administration Head Vagif Jafarov, journalist
Ali Mustafayev, operator Fakhraddin Shahbazov, lighter Arif Huseynzade
and others.
A lawsuit was filed on the incident at the Military Garrison
Prosecutor's Office on Nov. 21 in 1991 and submitted to the Republican
Prosecutor's Office to continue investigation.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are
currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.
From: A. Papazian