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INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP STATING THE OBVIOUS IN KARABAKH REPORT
March 4, 2014 - 13:44 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - A monthly bulletin by the International Crisis
Group addressed current and potential conflicts around the world,
including situation in Karabakh.
According to the document, the U.S. Co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group
mediating between Azerbaijan and Armenia in media interview early Feb
cited progress in negotiations. Also, the document notes, sporadic
armed clashes across front line which began mid-Jan continued, albeit
less intense, with several reports of troop deaths from "both Yerevan
and Baku."
Quite predictably, the report of the ICG, which for many years has
been playing at objectivity, failed to mention the actual instigator
of escalations in the Karabakh conflict zone. Traditionally, the ICG
releases reports listing obvious facts, also issuing annual prophesies
of an imminent war in Karabakh.
The Co-chairs (Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation,
Jacques Faure of France, and James Warlick of the United
States of America) and the Personal Representative of the OSCE
Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, traveled to Baku
and Yerevan Feb 4-5.
In Baku, the Co-chairs met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev,
and in Yerevan they met with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan. In
both capitals, they had consultations with the Ministers of Foreign
Affairs and Defense.
At the meeting with Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, the Co-chairs
shared impressions of the Baku visit, with the Armenian official
stressing the necessity of preventing Azeri provocations. As he noted,
Yerevan supports the Co-chairs' stance that escalation of tensions
at the line of contact undermines success of the peace talks.
With the Presidents, the Co-chairs discussed the outcome of the
Foreign Ministers' recent meeting in Paris, and stressed the need
for further progress on the substance of negotiations on the Nagorno
Karabakh conflict. They emphasized the need to continue negotiations
at the highest level, as was agreed in Vienna.
In their talks, the Co-chairs reiterated their deep concern over the
recent escalation on the Line of Contact and the border, and called
on the sides to exercise restraint in their actions and rhetoric.
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/176460/
http://www.crisisgroup.org/~/media/Files/CrisisWatch/2014/cw127.pdf
March 4, 2014 - 13:44 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - A monthly bulletin by the International Crisis
Group addressed current and potential conflicts around the world,
including situation in Karabakh.
According to the document, the U.S. Co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group
mediating between Azerbaijan and Armenia in media interview early Feb
cited progress in negotiations. Also, the document notes, sporadic
armed clashes across front line which began mid-Jan continued, albeit
less intense, with several reports of troop deaths from "both Yerevan
and Baku."
Quite predictably, the report of the ICG, which for many years has
been playing at objectivity, failed to mention the actual instigator
of escalations in the Karabakh conflict zone. Traditionally, the ICG
releases reports listing obvious facts, also issuing annual prophesies
of an imminent war in Karabakh.
The Co-chairs (Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation,
Jacques Faure of France, and James Warlick of the United
States of America) and the Personal Representative of the OSCE
Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, traveled to Baku
and Yerevan Feb 4-5.
In Baku, the Co-chairs met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev,
and in Yerevan they met with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan. In
both capitals, they had consultations with the Ministers of Foreign
Affairs and Defense.
At the meeting with Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, the Co-chairs
shared impressions of the Baku visit, with the Armenian official
stressing the necessity of preventing Azeri provocations. As he noted,
Yerevan supports the Co-chairs' stance that escalation of tensions
at the line of contact undermines success of the peace talks.
With the Presidents, the Co-chairs discussed the outcome of the
Foreign Ministers' recent meeting in Paris, and stressed the need
for further progress on the substance of negotiations on the Nagorno
Karabakh conflict. They emphasized the need to continue negotiations
at the highest level, as was agreed in Vienna.
In their talks, the Co-chairs reiterated their deep concern over the
recent escalation on the Line of Contact and the border, and called
on the sides to exercise restraint in their actions and rhetoric.
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/176460/
http://www.crisisgroup.org/~/media/Files/CrisisWatch/2014/cw127.pdf