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STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON JEN PSAKI HOLDS A NEWS BRIEFING AT THE FOREIGN PRESS CENTER
CQ Transcriptions
November 12, 2014 Wednesday
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Go ahead. I promised you in the front. Go ahead.
QUESTION: Hi. My name is Nikki Kazimova and I'm with Echo Newspaper
in Azerbaijan, and my question is about the earlier incident today in
Nagorno-Karabakh. Apparently there was an Armenian military helicopter
that was engaged in military exercises and that was shot by the
Azerbaijani side. Do you have any comment on that, and specifically
on military exercises at the time when there are negotiations and
when there is a cease-fire that -- it's a delicate situation.
PSAKI: Thank you. It certainly is. We -- let me first say we regret
the loss of life as a result of today's downing of a helicopter along
the line of contact. We extend our condolences to the families of
those killed or injured. Today's events are yet another reminder
of the need to redouble efforts on a peaceful resolution to the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, including reducing tensions and respecting
the cease-fire. There can be no military solution to the conflict.
Retaliation and further violence will only make it more difficult to
bring about a peaceful settlement.
Obviously, we have seen those reports. We know there are different
comments being made by different sides, but I don't have any
verification of any of those details, so our focus from here is
on just encouraging a redoubling of efforts to achieve a peaceful
solution in this conflict.
CQ Transcriptions
November 12, 2014 Wednesday
[parts omitted]
Go ahead. I promised you in the front. Go ahead.
QUESTION: Hi. My name is Nikki Kazimova and I'm with Echo Newspaper
in Azerbaijan, and my question is about the earlier incident today in
Nagorno-Karabakh. Apparently there was an Armenian military helicopter
that was engaged in military exercises and that was shot by the
Azerbaijani side. Do you have any comment on that, and specifically
on military exercises at the time when there are negotiations and
when there is a cease-fire that -- it's a delicate situation.
PSAKI: Thank you. It certainly is. We -- let me first say we regret
the loss of life as a result of today's downing of a helicopter along
the line of contact. We extend our condolences to the families of
those killed or injured. Today's events are yet another reminder
of the need to redouble efforts on a peaceful resolution to the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, including reducing tensions and respecting
the cease-fire. There can be no military solution to the conflict.
Retaliation and further violence will only make it more difficult to
bring about a peaceful settlement.
Obviously, we have seen those reports. We know there are different
comments being made by different sides, but I don't have any
verification of any of those details, so our focus from here is
on just encouraging a redoubling of efforts to achieve a peaceful
solution in this conflict.