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November 13, 2014 Thursday 03:54 PM GMT+4
Moscow urges Armenia, Azerbaijan to avoid steps leading to escalating
tensions - diplomat
MOSCOW November 13.
. Russia calls on Armenia and Azerbaijan to refrain from moves which
could lead to the escalation of tensions, the Russian Foreign
Ministry's official spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said on Thursday
"We are very concerned about the incident which has led to the deaths
of people. We offer our deepest condolences to the families of the
victims," Lukashevich said, adding that Russia's stance was reflected
in the statement of co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group on November 12.
Russia reminds the leadership of Azerbaijan and Armenia of their
"responsibility towards complying with their commitments on searching
for a peaceful resolution of the conflict which they took at the
meeting in Sochi, Newport and Paris."
Moscow together with other co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group "will
continue targeted efforts to offer assistance to the sides in
resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," the diplomat said.
Armenia's Defense Ministry said on November 12 that Azerbaijan's army
had downed a Mil Mi-24 helicopter of the Nagorno-Karabakh defense
army, killing three pilots. Azerbaijan's military said the helicopter
had attacked their positions and had been destroyed in retaliatory
fire.
Armenia's Foreign Ministry blames Baku for "blatant violation" of
accords to settle the dispute.
Nagorno-Karabakh is a majority Armenian region within Azerbaijan that
is de facto independent.
The struggle over Nagorno-Karabakh escalated after both Armenia and
Azerbaijan obtained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. By the
end of 1993, the conflict had caused thousands of casualties and
created hundreds of thousands of refugees on both sides. An unofficial
ceasefire was reached on May 12, 1994.
Since then, Armenia and Azerbaijan have been holding negotiations
mediated by the Organization for Security and Cooperation (OSCE) Minsk
Group on the region's disputed status.
From: A. Papazian
November 13, 2014 Thursday 03:54 PM GMT+4
Moscow urges Armenia, Azerbaijan to avoid steps leading to escalating
tensions - diplomat
MOSCOW November 13.
. Russia calls on Armenia and Azerbaijan to refrain from moves which
could lead to the escalation of tensions, the Russian Foreign
Ministry's official spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said on Thursday
"We are very concerned about the incident which has led to the deaths
of people. We offer our deepest condolences to the families of the
victims," Lukashevich said, adding that Russia's stance was reflected
in the statement of co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group on November 12.
Russia reminds the leadership of Azerbaijan and Armenia of their
"responsibility towards complying with their commitments on searching
for a peaceful resolution of the conflict which they took at the
meeting in Sochi, Newport and Paris."
Moscow together with other co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group "will
continue targeted efforts to offer assistance to the sides in
resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," the diplomat said.
Armenia's Defense Ministry said on November 12 that Azerbaijan's army
had downed a Mil Mi-24 helicopter of the Nagorno-Karabakh defense
army, killing three pilots. Azerbaijan's military said the helicopter
had attacked their positions and had been destroyed in retaliatory
fire.
Armenia's Foreign Ministry blames Baku for "blatant violation" of
accords to settle the dispute.
Nagorno-Karabakh is a majority Armenian region within Azerbaijan that
is de facto independent.
The struggle over Nagorno-Karabakh escalated after both Armenia and
Azerbaijan obtained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. By the
end of 1993, the conflict had caused thousands of casualties and
created hundreds of thousands of refugees on both sides. An unofficial
ceasefire was reached on May 12, 1994.
Since then, Armenia and Azerbaijan have been holding negotiations
mediated by the Organization for Security and Cooperation (OSCE) Minsk
Group on the region's disputed status.
From: A. Papazian