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    MEP Eleni Theocharous condemns the Azerbaijani provocative action

    The EU should organise an ad hoc mission to examine what happened on
    the ground


    With this statement, I feel the obligation to condemn a provocative
    action taken by the Azerbaijani Military Forces, on November 12 2014,
    against innocent people who have probably lost their lives. In fact,
    the Azerbaijani 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
    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 Republic and Armenia.

    I have already sent a letter to the President of the European
    Commission Jan Claude Junkcer 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 [conflict of Nagorno Karabakh] on the basis of
    the right of self-determination (article 1 paragraph 2 of the UN
    Charter).



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    Brussels, 13.11.2014

    ATTN:
    Jean-Claude JUNCKER
    President of the European Commission


    Your Excellency,

    I am sending this letter to you in order to raise an issue in which
    the EU has a strong role to play as a stabilising factor of

    On November 12, 2014, the Azeri Military Forces shot down an unarmed
    helicopter of the Nagorno-Karabakh (NKR) Defence Army. The helicopter
    was on a training flight as part of the announced military drills on

    This incident is the most serious one since the Cease-Fire Agreement
    signed in 1994 between Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh and
    Armenia. Azerbaijan has caused a major outbreak of hostilities this
    summer, but

    Your Excellency, I have read the statement issued by the EU on
    November 12, 2014 about the incident mentioned above and I consider
    that we can do something more. I propose to organise an ad hoc mission
    to examine on the ground what really happened. What is evident is that
    the


    Yours sincerely,
    Dr. Eleni THEOCHAROUS, MPE

    Head of the Cypriot delegation of the EPP Group in the Parliament

    Dr. Eleni THEOCHAROUS
    Member of the European Parliament

    ASP 8E250

    Rue Wiertz/Wiertzstraat 60
    B-1047 Brussels
    tel.: +32 2 28 47 293
    fax: +32 2 28 49 293
    e-mail: [email protected]
    website: www.elenitheocharous.com

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