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ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY CALLS BAKU'S ACTION CRIMINAL PROVOCATION
YEREVAN, November 13. /ARKA/. Armenia's foreign ministry issued
a statement on Wednesday condemning Azerbaijani armed forces for
shooting down a helicopter of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic's army during
a training flight. "We strongly condemn the shooting down by the
Azerbaijani armed forces of MI-24 helicopter of the Nagorno-Karabakh
Defense Army during a training flight," the ministry says in its
statement. The ministry says that before and after every high-level
meeting on the resolution of the issue, Baku is resorting to new
provocations to undermine the negotiation process, the efforts of
Armenia and the international community aimed at exclusively peaceful
settlement of the conflict. "The Azerbaijani side is grossly violating
the commitments on the peaceful resolution of the conflict reached
during the recent summits. Such a criminal provocation demonstrates
that Baku is not only ignoring the appeals of the OSCE Minsk Group
Co-Chair countries, the international community on non-use of force,
consolidation of ceasefire, implementation of confidence-building
measures, but is acting contrary to them bearing full responsibility
for the escalation of the situation." Karabakh conflict broke out
in 1988 when Karabakh, mainly populated by Armenians, declared
its independence from Azerbaijan. On December 10, 1991, a few days
after the collapse of the Soviet Union, a referendum took place in
Nagorno-Karabakh, and the majority of the population (99.89%) voted for
secession from Azerbaijan. Afterwards, large-scale military operations
began. As a result, Azerbaijan lost control over Nagorno-Karabakh and
the seven regions adjacent to it. Some 30,000 people were killed in
this war and about one million people fled their homes. On May 12,
1994, the Bishkek cease-fire agreement put an end to the military
operations. Since 1992, talks brokered by OSCE Minsk Group are being
held over peaceful settlement of the conflict. The group is co-chaired
by USA, Russia and France. -0---
http://arka.am/en/news/politics/armenian_foreign_ministry_calls_baku_s_action_crim inal_provocation/#sthash.GXIZLn5T.dpuf
From: A. Papazian
YEREVAN, November 13. /ARKA/. Armenia's foreign ministry issued
a statement on Wednesday condemning Azerbaijani armed forces for
shooting down a helicopter of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic's army during
a training flight. "We strongly condemn the shooting down by the
Azerbaijani armed forces of MI-24 helicopter of the Nagorno-Karabakh
Defense Army during a training flight," the ministry says in its
statement. The ministry says that before and after every high-level
meeting on the resolution of the issue, Baku is resorting to new
provocations to undermine the negotiation process, the efforts of
Armenia and the international community aimed at exclusively peaceful
settlement of the conflict. "The Azerbaijani side is grossly violating
the commitments on the peaceful resolution of the conflict reached
during the recent summits. Such a criminal provocation demonstrates
that Baku is not only ignoring the appeals of the OSCE Minsk Group
Co-Chair countries, the international community on non-use of force,
consolidation of ceasefire, implementation of confidence-building
measures, but is acting contrary to them bearing full responsibility
for the escalation of the situation." Karabakh conflict broke out
in 1988 when Karabakh, mainly populated by Armenians, declared
its independence from Azerbaijan. On December 10, 1991, a few days
after the collapse of the Soviet Union, a referendum took place in
Nagorno-Karabakh, and the majority of the population (99.89%) voted for
secession from Azerbaijan. Afterwards, large-scale military operations
began. As a result, Azerbaijan lost control over Nagorno-Karabakh and
the seven regions adjacent to it. Some 30,000 people were killed in
this war and about one million people fled their homes. On May 12,
1994, the Bishkek cease-fire agreement put an end to the military
operations. Since 1992, talks brokered by OSCE Minsk Group are being
held over peaceful settlement of the conflict. The group is co-chaired
by USA, Russia and France. -0---
http://arka.am/en/news/politics/armenian_foreign_ministry_calls_baku_s_action_crim inal_provocation/#sthash.GXIZLn5T.dpuf
From: A. Papazian