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ELENI THEOCHAROUS SAYS EU SHOULD ORGANISE AN AD HOC MISSION TO EXAMINE PROVOCATIVE ACTION TAKEN BY AZERI MILITARY FORCES
by Ashot Safaryan
Friday, November 14, 11:14
Dr. Eleni Theocharous, Member of the European Parliament and Head
of the EU-Armenian Friendship Group has made a statement wherein
she condemns the latest downing of Armenian unarmed helicopter by
Azeri forces.
"The EU should organise an ad hog mission to examine what happened
on the ground With this statement, I feel the obligation to condemn
a provocative action taken by the Azeri Military Forces, on November
12 2014, against innocent people who have been probably lost their
lives. In fact, the Azeri Military Forces shot down an unarmed
helicopter of the Nagorno - Karabakh (NKR) Defense Army while it was
on a training flight. The fate of the crew members remains unknown
because of the Azerbaijan's continued shootings and therefore the
rescue operation seems to be very complicated. This incident is the
most serious one since the Cease-Fire Agreement signed in 1994 by
Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh and Armenia. I have already sent a letter
to the President of the European Commission Jan Claude Junker and to
other Commissioners in which I highlighted the facts of the incident.
Furthermore, I proposed that the EU should organise an ad hoc mission
to examine on the ground what really happened. What is evident, for
the time being, is that the government of Azerbaijan has violated the
cease-fire and three innocent people have rather lost their lives. The
EU should condemn this action and support the efforts for the solution
of the problem on the basis of the right of self- determination
(article 1 paragraph 2 of the UN Charter)," the statement reads.
To recall, the Azerbaijani armed forces downed an Armenian Mi-24 while
it was conducting a training flight near the Line on Contact on 12
November. Three officers of the NKR Armed Forces, Sergey Sahakyan,
Sargis Nazaryan and Azat Sahakyan, were on board. The NKR State
Committee for POWs, Captives and the Missing has requested the ICRC
assistance in returning the crewmembers of the downed helicopter. The
Azeri officer that shot the helicopter down has been awarded a medal.
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by Ashot Safaryan
Friday, November 14, 11:14
Dr. Eleni Theocharous, Member of the European Parliament and Head
of the EU-Armenian Friendship Group has made a statement wherein
she condemns the latest downing of Armenian unarmed helicopter by
Azeri forces.
"The EU should organise an ad hog mission to examine what happened
on the ground With this statement, I feel the obligation to condemn
a provocative action taken by the Azeri Military Forces, on November
12 2014, against innocent people who have been probably lost their
lives. In fact, the Azeri Military Forces shot down an unarmed
helicopter of the Nagorno - Karabakh (NKR) Defense Army while it was
on a training flight. The fate of the crew members remains unknown
because of the Azerbaijan's continued shootings and therefore the
rescue operation seems to be very complicated. This incident is the
most serious one since the Cease-Fire Agreement signed in 1994 by
Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh and Armenia. I have already sent a letter
to the President of the European Commission Jan Claude Junker and to
other Commissioners in which I highlighted the facts of the incident.
Furthermore, I proposed that the EU should organise an ad hoc mission
to examine on the ground what really happened. What is evident, for
the time being, is that the government of Azerbaijan has violated the
cease-fire and three innocent people have rather lost their lives. The
EU should condemn this action and support the efforts for the solution
of the problem on the basis of the right of self- determination
(article 1 paragraph 2 of the UN Charter)," the statement reads.
To recall, the Azerbaijani armed forces downed an Armenian Mi-24 while
it was conducting a training flight near the Line on Contact on 12
November. Three officers of the NKR Armed Forces, Sergey Sahakyan,
Sargis Nazaryan and Azat Sahakyan, were on board. The NKR State
Committee for POWs, Captives and the Missing has requested the ICRC
assistance in returning the crewmembers of the downed helicopter. The
Azeri officer that shot the helicopter down has been awarded a medal.
http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=4B999FD0-6BD6-11E4-92440EB7C0D21663