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Interfax, Russia
Nov 28 2014
CSTO to discuss situation with helicopter downed by Azeri military
YEREVAN. Nov 28
Armenian President Serzh Sargsian and CSTO General Secretary Nikolai
Bordyuzha have discussed the downing of an Armenian helicopter by the
Azeri military and the situation it caused.
"Nikolai Bordyuzha said this issue will be discussed by the CSTO
Collective Security Council in Moscow in December," the Armenian
presidential press service told Interfax on Friday.
The press service for the Armenian Defense Ministry told Interfax
Bordyuzha will also meet with Armenian Defense Minister Seiran Oganyan
and Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan during his visit to
Yerevan.
The helicopter was shot down by the Azeri military on November 12.
According to the Azeri Defense Ministry, an Armenian military
helicopter Mi-24 had taken an attack course and tried to attack Azeri
armed forces' positions 1,700 meters northeast of the village of
Kengerli, the Agdam district, on November 12, after which Azeri forces
had to return fire and destroyed the helicopter.
Armenian official sources reported earlier that the Azeri armed forces
had shot down a Mi-24 helicopter belonging to the Nagorno-Karabakh
armed forces while the latter was on a training flight during joint
Armenian-Nagorno-Karabakh exercises Unity 2014. Preliminary findings
indicated that the three crewmembers were killed. Armenian rescue
workers were reportedly unable to approach the crash site as Azeri
armed forces continued to shell the area.
The defense ministry of the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
(NKR) reported earlier in the day that NKR military servicemen had
conducted a successful special operation to retrieve the bodies of the
helicopter's crewmembers from the crash site in the early hours of
Saturday.
The Azeri Defense Ministry denied the report.
From: A. Papazian
Nov 28 2014
CSTO to discuss situation with helicopter downed by Azeri military
YEREVAN. Nov 28
Armenian President Serzh Sargsian and CSTO General Secretary Nikolai
Bordyuzha have discussed the downing of an Armenian helicopter by the
Azeri military and the situation it caused.
"Nikolai Bordyuzha said this issue will be discussed by the CSTO
Collective Security Council in Moscow in December," the Armenian
presidential press service told Interfax on Friday.
The press service for the Armenian Defense Ministry told Interfax
Bordyuzha will also meet with Armenian Defense Minister Seiran Oganyan
and Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan during his visit to
Yerevan.
The helicopter was shot down by the Azeri military on November 12.
According to the Azeri Defense Ministry, an Armenian military
helicopter Mi-24 had taken an attack course and tried to attack Azeri
armed forces' positions 1,700 meters northeast of the village of
Kengerli, the Agdam district, on November 12, after which Azeri forces
had to return fire and destroyed the helicopter.
Armenian official sources reported earlier that the Azeri armed forces
had shot down a Mi-24 helicopter belonging to the Nagorno-Karabakh
armed forces while the latter was on a training flight during joint
Armenian-Nagorno-Karabakh exercises Unity 2014. Preliminary findings
indicated that the three crewmembers were killed. Armenian rescue
workers were reportedly unable to approach the crash site as Azeri
armed forces continued to shell the area.
The defense ministry of the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
(NKR) reported earlier in the day that NKR military servicemen had
conducted a successful special operation to retrieve the bodies of the
helicopter's crewmembers from the crash site in the early hours of
Saturday.
The Azeri Defense Ministry denied the report.
From: A. Papazian