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EXPERT BLOG: OSCE MG AND KASPRZYK MADE DANGEROUS STATEMENT
Friday,
October
18
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group and Personal Representative of
the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk issued today
a statement concerning yesterday's incident that prompted the OSCE
mission to abandon the monitoring exercise in the Hadrut direction
of the conflict zone.
The MFA and Defense Ministry of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic reported
yesterday that monitoring was stopped because of shots fired from
automatic weapons from the Azerbaijani side. Shots were recorded by
the observation groups of both sides.
Today's statement of the OSCE Minsk Group and Personal Representative
of the OSCE Chairman-in-office says that "it was not possible to
determine from where the shots were fired".
What was expected has happened. It is evident from the statement that
the mediators, unwilling to deviate from the 'set line', again make
a statement of a general nature, which is the go-ahead for Azerbaijan
to take similar actions in the future.
Such incidents are the best evidence of why Azerbaijan consistently
refuses to introduce mechanisms for investigation of incidents on
the line of contact, of which the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group
are also aware.
The statement posted on the OSCE website can be described as dangerous
- it does not have a preventive function, moreover, it contributes
to a recurrence of such incidents. And it is not ruled out that in
the future, shots will be 'destructive', rather than 'warning' ones.
TODAY, 14:46
Aysor.am
Friday,
October
18
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group and Personal Representative of
the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk issued today
a statement concerning yesterday's incident that prompted the OSCE
mission to abandon the monitoring exercise in the Hadrut direction
of the conflict zone.
The MFA and Defense Ministry of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic reported
yesterday that monitoring was stopped because of shots fired from
automatic weapons from the Azerbaijani side. Shots were recorded by
the observation groups of both sides.
Today's statement of the OSCE Minsk Group and Personal Representative
of the OSCE Chairman-in-office says that "it was not possible to
determine from where the shots were fired".
What was expected has happened. It is evident from the statement that
the mediators, unwilling to deviate from the 'set line', again make
a statement of a general nature, which is the go-ahead for Azerbaijan
to take similar actions in the future.
Such incidents are the best evidence of why Azerbaijan consistently
refuses to introduce mechanisms for investigation of incidents on
the line of contact, of which the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group
are also aware.
The statement posted on the OSCE website can be described as dangerous
- it does not have a preventive function, moreover, it contributes
to a recurrence of such incidents. And it is not ruled out that in
the future, shots will be 'destructive', rather than 'warning' ones.
TODAY, 14:46
Aysor.am