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NATO SECRETARY GENERAL SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE IS CONCERNED ABOUT DOWNED MILITARY HELICOPTER
10:52 13/11/2014 >> SOCIETY
NATO Secretary General special representative to the South Caucasus
and Central Asia James Appaturay left a message on his Facebook page,
expressing concern over the military helicopter shot down in Nagorno
Karabakh by the armed forces of Azerbaijan.
"Whatever the circumstances of the incident, both sides should remain
calm and pursue a diplomatic resolution," noted James Appaturay.
As NKR Defense Ministry press service reported earlier, today, Nagorno
Karabakh Air Forces' Mi-24 helicopter was shot by the Azerbaijani Armed
Forces during military training flight in the airspace in the eastern
section of Karabakh - Azerbaijan Line of Contact around 1:45 pm. The
land, on which the incident occurred, is in close proximity to the line
of contact. Opponent after the incident continued intense bombardment
scene from weapons of different caliber. The place where the helicopter
was shot is close to the Line of Contact. The enemy continued to fire
shots from weapons of different calibers after the incident.
Meanwhile, the press secretary of Armenian Defense Minister Artsrun
Hovhannisyan wrote on his Facebook page that Azerbaijani Armed Forces
have carried out an unprecedented provocation on the border with the
Republic of Nagorno Karabakh; this has also led to escalation of the
situation. In the same time the fabrications of the Azerbaijani side,
as if the Armenian helicopters had attacked their positions and they
allegedly had merely responded to this step, are senseless. "The study
of the wreckage of the helicopter will confirm that he was not armed.
The escalation of the Azerbaijani side has continued even after
the helicopter fall down. Moreover, the Azerbaijani side continued
shelling, not allowing even to get closer to the pilots. The
consequences of this unprecedented escalation will be very harmful
for the Azerbaijani side and will remain as a stain on the conscience
of the military-political leadership of Azerbaijan. Captain of the
helicopter was Major Sergei Sahakyan. Information about the fate of
the crew will be given later," Artsrun Hovhannisyan stated.
http://www.panorama.am/en/politics/2014/11/13/james-appathurai/
10:52 13/11/2014 >> SOCIETY
NATO Secretary General special representative to the South Caucasus
and Central Asia James Appaturay left a message on his Facebook page,
expressing concern over the military helicopter shot down in Nagorno
Karabakh by the armed forces of Azerbaijan.
"Whatever the circumstances of the incident, both sides should remain
calm and pursue a diplomatic resolution," noted James Appaturay.
As NKR Defense Ministry press service reported earlier, today, Nagorno
Karabakh Air Forces' Mi-24 helicopter was shot by the Azerbaijani Armed
Forces during military training flight in the airspace in the eastern
section of Karabakh - Azerbaijan Line of Contact around 1:45 pm. The
land, on which the incident occurred, is in close proximity to the line
of contact. Opponent after the incident continued intense bombardment
scene from weapons of different caliber. The place where the helicopter
was shot is close to the Line of Contact. The enemy continued to fire
shots from weapons of different calibers after the incident.
Meanwhile, the press secretary of Armenian Defense Minister Artsrun
Hovhannisyan wrote on his Facebook page that Azerbaijani Armed Forces
have carried out an unprecedented provocation on the border with the
Republic of Nagorno Karabakh; this has also led to escalation of the
situation. In the same time the fabrications of the Azerbaijani side,
as if the Armenian helicopters had attacked their positions and they
allegedly had merely responded to this step, are senseless. "The study
of the wreckage of the helicopter will confirm that he was not armed.
The escalation of the Azerbaijani side has continued even after
the helicopter fall down. Moreover, the Azerbaijani side continued
shelling, not allowing even to get closer to the pilots. The
consequences of this unprecedented escalation will be very harmful
for the Azerbaijani side and will remain as a stain on the conscience
of the military-political leadership of Azerbaijan. Captain of the
helicopter was Major Sergei Sahakyan. Information about the fate of
the crew will be given later," Artsrun Hovhannisyan stated.
http://www.panorama.am/en/politics/2014/11/13/james-appathurai/