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Interfax, Russia
June 9 2012
Azerbaijan informs UN Secretary General about escalating tensions in
Karabakh conflict zone
BAKU. June 9
The Azeri mission to the United Nations has appealed to UN Secretary
General Ban Ki-moon in connection with the latest events in the
Karabakh conflict zone, UN Resident Coordinator in Azerbaijan Fikret
Akcura said.
"The Azeri mission has appealed to Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, but
we do not know what discussions have been held in New York in that
connection," he said.
Five Azeri servicemen died in an incident involving Armenian soldiers
early on the morning of June 5. "Nobody wants young people to die,"
Akcura said. "Young people have been dying on the frontline for 20
years, the period in which refugees and displaced persons have been
suffering from this conflict."
Akcura expressed hope that the attempts of the OSCE Minsk Group and
the UN to settle the Karabakh conflict would bring results this year.
"Hopefully, the non-permanent membership of Azerbaijan in the UN
Security Council will also contribute to the settlement of the
conflict," he said.
The Azeri Defense Ministry said that the national armed forces stopped
an Armenian subversive act early in the morning on June 5. Four Azeri
servicemen died in that attack.
Later on, another serviceman was killed in the gunfire coming from the
Armenian positions, the ministry said.
In turn, the Armenian Defense Ministry reported the prevention of
another Azeri incursion in the northeastern sector of the contact line
on the evening of June 6.
The ministry said that two attempts of Azeri infiltration into the
republic were deterred early in the morning on June 4 and 5.
Another Azeri attack was deterred late on the night of June 5 on the
border of the unrecognized Karabakh Republic. One Karabakh serviceman
died and two were injured, the ministry said.
June 9 2012
Azerbaijan informs UN Secretary General about escalating tensions in
Karabakh conflict zone
BAKU. June 9
The Azeri mission to the United Nations has appealed to UN Secretary
General Ban Ki-moon in connection with the latest events in the
Karabakh conflict zone, UN Resident Coordinator in Azerbaijan Fikret
Akcura said.
"The Azeri mission has appealed to Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, but
we do not know what discussions have been held in New York in that
connection," he said.
Five Azeri servicemen died in an incident involving Armenian soldiers
early on the morning of June 5. "Nobody wants young people to die,"
Akcura said. "Young people have been dying on the frontline for 20
years, the period in which refugees and displaced persons have been
suffering from this conflict."
Akcura expressed hope that the attempts of the OSCE Minsk Group and
the UN to settle the Karabakh conflict would bring results this year.
"Hopefully, the non-permanent membership of Azerbaijan in the UN
Security Council will also contribute to the settlement of the
conflict," he said.
The Azeri Defense Ministry said that the national armed forces stopped
an Armenian subversive act early in the morning on June 5. Four Azeri
servicemen died in that attack.
Later on, another serviceman was killed in the gunfire coming from the
Armenian positions, the ministry said.
In turn, the Armenian Defense Ministry reported the prevention of
another Azeri incursion in the northeastern sector of the contact line
on the evening of June 6.
The ministry said that two attempts of Azeri infiltration into the
republic were deterred early in the morning on June 4 and 5.
Another Azeri attack was deterred late on the night of June 5 on the
border of the unrecognized Karabakh Republic. One Karabakh serviceman
died and two were injured, the ministry said.