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OSCE CHIEF CALLS TO REDUCE TENSIONS AT CONTACT LINE, DOESN'T NAME CULPRITS
February 4, 2014 - 18:10 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Didier Burkhalter, Swiss Foreign Minister and OSCE
Chairperson-in-Office, expressed concern about the deaths and injuries
among military personnel and civilians on the contact line between
Azerbaijani and Armenian troops.
"As the OSCE chairman, I strongly encourage the sides to make full use
of the valuable opportunity provided by visits by OSCE teams to the
border and Line of Contact for direct communication with one another,
with a view to reducing tensions," Burkhalter told Trend on Feb 4,
the news agency reported.
In late January, a Nagorno Karabakh army soldier, Karen Galstyan,
aged 20, sustained a deadly injury in a sniper attack at the northern
direction of the line of contact with the Azerbaijani armed forces.
Simultaneous attempts of penetration by the Azerbaijani subversive
groups were recorded on January 19-20 in the north-eastern (Jraberd)
and south-eastern (Korgan) directions of the line of contact . The
front units of the armed forces of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic
noticed the actions of the Azerbaijani subversive groups and started
an organized defense in both directions. The rival was thrown back
suffering palpable human and material losses. Junior Sergeant Armen
Hovhannisyan died from the wounds he received during the exchange of
fire in the north-eastern direction.
Also, as a result of the continuous firing from the Azerbaijani side,
a 16-year-old girl was wounded in her leg on Thursday, Jan 23 night
in Aygepar village of Armenia's Tavush province. Intensive fire was
registered in the direction of Armenian border villages of Nerkin
Karmraghbyur, Aygepar, Chinari and Movses, RA Defense Ministry
spokesman Artsrun Hovhannisyan told PanARMENIAN.Net
The injured girl underwent a surgery in the hospital of Berd town
and later discharged, according to Ankakh.com.
"The Azeris fired upon houses, roofs. Now the firing has stopped,"
one of Aygepar residents told Razm.info.
According to Nerkin Karmraghbyur's page on Facebook, the firing ceased
at about 5 am Friday. No one was injured; roofs of some houses were
damaged.
Earlier, village administration head Manvel Kamendatyan said that
the electricity was turned off to avoid ignition.
Meanwhile, Azeri media outlets spread reports alleging that a woman
was wounded by Armenians. However, no official comments followed.
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/175559/
February 4, 2014 - 18:10 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Didier Burkhalter, Swiss Foreign Minister and OSCE
Chairperson-in-Office, expressed concern about the deaths and injuries
among military personnel and civilians on the contact line between
Azerbaijani and Armenian troops.
"As the OSCE chairman, I strongly encourage the sides to make full use
of the valuable opportunity provided by visits by OSCE teams to the
border and Line of Contact for direct communication with one another,
with a view to reducing tensions," Burkhalter told Trend on Feb 4,
the news agency reported.
In late January, a Nagorno Karabakh army soldier, Karen Galstyan,
aged 20, sustained a deadly injury in a sniper attack at the northern
direction of the line of contact with the Azerbaijani armed forces.
Simultaneous attempts of penetration by the Azerbaijani subversive
groups were recorded on January 19-20 in the north-eastern (Jraberd)
and south-eastern (Korgan) directions of the line of contact . The
front units of the armed forces of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic
noticed the actions of the Azerbaijani subversive groups and started
an organized defense in both directions. The rival was thrown back
suffering palpable human and material losses. Junior Sergeant Armen
Hovhannisyan died from the wounds he received during the exchange of
fire in the north-eastern direction.
Also, as a result of the continuous firing from the Azerbaijani side,
a 16-year-old girl was wounded in her leg on Thursday, Jan 23 night
in Aygepar village of Armenia's Tavush province. Intensive fire was
registered in the direction of Armenian border villages of Nerkin
Karmraghbyur, Aygepar, Chinari and Movses, RA Defense Ministry
spokesman Artsrun Hovhannisyan told PanARMENIAN.Net
The injured girl underwent a surgery in the hospital of Berd town
and later discharged, according to Ankakh.com.
"The Azeris fired upon houses, roofs. Now the firing has stopped,"
one of Aygepar residents told Razm.info.
According to Nerkin Karmraghbyur's page on Facebook, the firing ceased
at about 5 am Friday. No one was injured; roofs of some houses were
damaged.
Earlier, village administration head Manvel Kamendatyan said that
the electricity was turned off to avoid ignition.
Meanwhile, Azeri media outlets spread reports alleging that a woman
was wounded by Armenians. However, no official comments followed.
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/175559/