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EU CONCERNED ABOUT RISING NAGORNO-KARABAKH VIOLENCE
Hurriyet Daily News
Sept 6 2010
Turkey
The European Union is concerned about increasing violence in the
disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region and has urged Azerbaijan and Armenia
to focus on peace talks, a senior EU envoy said Monday.
"The European Union is concerned with the frequent incidents recently
on the cease-fire line. It is necessary to concentrate on peace
negotiations," EU envoy to the South Caucasus Peter Semneby told ANS
television during a visit to the Azerbaijani capital city of Baku.
Fighting between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces over Nagorno-Karabakh
has been increasing for months, with at least 16 soldiers on both
sides reported killed in clashes this year and six reported killed
in the last week alone in some of the heaviest fighting seen so far.
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's Minsk Group,
currently moderating peace talks regarding the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict, also raised concerns about increasing violence in a
statement Monday.
The group's three co-chairs, from France, Russia and the United
States, said in a statement, "[We] strongly condemn any violation of
the cease-fire, in particular incursions across the line of contact."
The statement said the group would be intensifying its efforts to
push for a peace deal this fall and would hold a series of meetings
in Baku, Yerevan and Nagorno-Karabakh in the coming months.
From: A. Papazian
Hurriyet Daily News
Sept 6 2010
Turkey
The European Union is concerned about increasing violence in the
disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region and has urged Azerbaijan and Armenia
to focus on peace talks, a senior EU envoy said Monday.
"The European Union is concerned with the frequent incidents recently
on the cease-fire line. It is necessary to concentrate on peace
negotiations," EU envoy to the South Caucasus Peter Semneby told ANS
television during a visit to the Azerbaijani capital city of Baku.
Fighting between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces over Nagorno-Karabakh
has been increasing for months, with at least 16 soldiers on both
sides reported killed in clashes this year and six reported killed
in the last week alone in some of the heaviest fighting seen so far.
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's Minsk Group,
currently moderating peace talks regarding the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict, also raised concerns about increasing violence in a
statement Monday.
The group's three co-chairs, from France, Russia and the United
States, said in a statement, "[We] strongly condemn any violation of
the cease-fire, in particular incursions across the line of contact."
The statement said the group would be intensifying its efforts to
push for a peace deal this fall and would hold a series of meetings
in Baku, Yerevan and Nagorno-Karabakh in the coming months.
From: A. Papazian