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UN REGRETS WORSENING SITUATION ON AZERBAIJANI-ARMENIAN CONTACT LINE
Trend
June 8 2012
Azerbaijan
The UN has expressed regret over the worsening situation on the
contact line between Armenian and Azerbaijani troops.
"Soldiers have been killed for 20 years," UN Resident Coordinator
in Azerbaijan Fikret Akcura said. "Refugees and internally displaced
people have problems."
Akcura expressed hope that the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group and
Azerbaijan's membership in the UN Security Council will give an
opportunity to accelerate the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict.
Azerbaijan has intensified its efforts in this direction thanks to
the membership in the UN Security Council, he said. Azerbaijan's
Permanent Representative to the UN Agshin Mehdiyev sent a letter to
the secretary general discussing the aggravation of the situation on
the contact line between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops.
Recently, the ceasefire has intensively been violated on the front
line. At 06:30 on June 5 Armenian sabotage group's efforts to enter
Azerbaijani Armed Forces' positions in Ashagi Eskipara village in the
Gazakh region failed and it retreated by suffering losses. As a result
of the fight, 4 soldiers of Azerbaijani Armed Forces were killed.
Another Azerbaijani soldier was killed as a result of fire opened
from nameless heights in Gazakh region.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven 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 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
Trend
June 8 2012
Azerbaijan
The UN has expressed regret over the worsening situation on the
contact line between Armenian and Azerbaijani troops.
"Soldiers have been killed for 20 years," UN Resident Coordinator
in Azerbaijan Fikret Akcura said. "Refugees and internally displaced
people have problems."
Akcura expressed hope that the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group and
Azerbaijan's membership in the UN Security Council will give an
opportunity to accelerate the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict.
Azerbaijan has intensified its efforts in this direction thanks to
the membership in the UN Security Council, he said. Azerbaijan's
Permanent Representative to the UN Agshin Mehdiyev sent a letter to
the secretary general discussing the aggravation of the situation on
the contact line between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops.
Recently, the ceasefire has intensively been violated on the front
line. At 06:30 on June 5 Armenian sabotage group's efforts to enter
Azerbaijani Armed Forces' positions in Ashagi Eskipara village in the
Gazakh region failed and it retreated by suffering losses. As a result
of the fight, 4 soldiers of Azerbaijani Armed Forces were killed.
Another Azerbaijani soldier was killed as a result of fire opened
from nameless heights in Gazakh region.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven 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 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