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OSCE Urges Immediate Settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
City of Stepanakert in Nagorno-Karabakh
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MOSCOW, August 2 (RIA Novosti) - OSCEChairperson-in-Office Didier
Burkhalter and members of the Minsk Group have expressed "deep
concerns" amid rising violence in Nagorno-Karabakh, at the center of a
territorial disputebetween Armenia and neighboring Azerbaijan.
"They appealed to the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan to take
immediate action to defuse tensions and to respect the ceasefire
agreement. Retaliation and further violence will only make it more
difficult to continue efforts to bring about a lasting peace," the
Chairperson-in-Office and the Co-Chairs of the Minsk Group said.
"They also urged the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan to resume as
soon as possible negotiations on peaceful settlement of the conflict,
being the only way to bring peace and genuine reconciliation to the
peoples of the region," the statement said.
The Burkhalter and co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Igor
Popov of Russia, James Warlick of the United States, and Pierre
Andrieu of France, also extended their condolences to the families of
the victims and "shared the anguish of their grievous losses."
The sides said they "were deeply concerned" about reports that an
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) vehicle came under
fire while assisting the local population on the Armenian-Azerbaijani
border on a humanitarian mission.
"They strongly condemned the deliberate targeting of civilians and
shooting at representatives of international organizations and
reminded the parties of their obligations under Geneva Conventions,"
the statement said.
Tensions along the contact line of Nagorno-Karabakh with Azerbaijan
have been running high over the past few days.
On Saturday, Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry said four people were
killed overnight along the contact line in a shootout, while the
Nagorno-Karabakh republic said one its soldier was killed.
On Thursday, the troops of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh republic
said two soldiers were killed on the border, while Azerbaijan's
Defense Ministry claimed nine Azeri soldiers were killed.
A spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday that
the recent escalation of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is a serious
violation of ceasefire agreements.
Armenia and Azerbaijan are still technically at war after a conflict
over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh in the early 1990s left
some 30,000 people dead. A ceasefire was agreed on in 1994, but a
permanent peace deal has still not been signed.
City of Stepanakert in Nagorno-Karabakh
(c) RIA Novosti. éÌØÑ ðÉÔÁÌÅ×
23:02 02/08/2014
http://en.ria.ru/world/20140802/191642653/OSCE-Urges-Immediate-Settlement-of-Nagorno-Karabakh-Conflict.html
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Armenia Urges to Stabilize Situation in Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Zone
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MOSCOW, August 2 (RIA Novosti) - OSCEChairperson-in-Office Didier
Burkhalter and members of the Minsk Group have expressed "deep
concerns" amid rising violence in Nagorno-Karabakh, at the center of a
territorial disputebetween Armenia and neighboring Azerbaijan.
"They appealed to the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan to take
immediate action to defuse tensions and to respect the ceasefire
agreement. Retaliation and further violence will only make it more
difficult to continue efforts to bring about a lasting peace," the
Chairperson-in-Office and the Co-Chairs of the Minsk Group said.
"They also urged the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan to resume as
soon as possible negotiations on peaceful settlement of the conflict,
being the only way to bring peace and genuine reconciliation to the
peoples of the region," the statement said.
The Burkhalter and co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Igor
Popov of Russia, James Warlick of the United States, and Pierre
Andrieu of France, also extended their condolences to the families of
the victims and "shared the anguish of their grievous losses."
The sides said they "were deeply concerned" about reports that an
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) vehicle came under
fire while assisting the local population on the Armenian-Azerbaijani
border on a humanitarian mission.
"They strongly condemned the deliberate targeting of civilians and
shooting at representatives of international organizations and
reminded the parties of their obligations under Geneva Conventions,"
the statement said.
Tensions along the contact line of Nagorno-Karabakh with Azerbaijan
have been running high over the past few days.
On Saturday, Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry said four people were
killed overnight along the contact line in a shootout, while the
Nagorno-Karabakh republic said one its soldier was killed.
On Thursday, the troops of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh republic
said two soldiers were killed on the border, while Azerbaijan's
Defense Ministry claimed nine Azeri soldiers were killed.
A spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday that
the recent escalation of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is a serious
violation of ceasefire agreements.
Armenia and Azerbaijan are still technically at war after a conflict
over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh in the early 1990s left
some 30,000 people dead. A ceasefire was agreed on in 1994, but a
permanent peace deal has still not been signed.