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    SECURITY GROUP WARNS ON ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN FIGHTING

    World Bulletin, Turkey
    Nov 14 2014

    Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe concerned about
    escalation of conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia.

    World Bulletin/News Desk

    The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe on Thursday
    expressed concern about the escalation of conflict between Arzerbaijan
    and Armenia, a day after Azerbaijan shot down an Armenian helicopter.

    Didier Burkhalter, the organization's chairman, said the concern
    stemmed from the recent downing of an Armenian helicopter by
    Arzerbaijani Armed Forces near the "Line of Contact" on Wednesday.

    On Nov.12, Armenia's military aircraft opened fire at the positions of
    the Azerbaijani Armed Forces at Nagorno Karabakh, a region in western
    Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan's defense forces shot down the helicopter
    and the three crew members were killed in the incident, according to
    reports from Azerbaijan's defense ministry.

    "We are deeply worried by the events that prompted this drastic
    incident, the first of its kind since the cease-fire agreement was
    reached," Burkhalter said in a statement.

    He called for "strict adherence to the cease-fire, and full respect of
    previously made commitments -- these are indispensable for attaining
    the level of confidence necessary to agree on a settlement in the
    conflict."

    The chairman urges "the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan to
    respect the cease-fire and to honor the commitments they made in Sochi,
    Newport, and Paris to find a peaceful resolution to the conflict."

    Russia's foreign ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich also called
    Azerbaijan and Armenia "to keep away from steps that would escalate
    the tension" on Thursday.

    On May 12, 1994 a cease-fire agreement was signed between Azerbaijan
    and Armenia after two decades of conflict about a territorial dispute.

    Armenian armed forces have occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's
    territory.

    In February 1988, the regional parliament in Nagorno-Karabakh,
    Azerbaijan, which is largely populated by ethnic Armenians, voted to
    declare its independence from Azerbaijan.

    Armenia's parliament voted to recognize that independence and that
    forced the evacuation of over 200,000 ethnic Azerbaijanis from
    Armenia. Thousands of Azeri civilians lost their lives during the
    conflict.

    Meanwhile, Azerbaijan army has conducted a military exercises with more
    than 5 thousand troops, 40 warships and boats, 58 missile systems, 20
    fighter aircraft and 50 different air defense systems and helicopters
    in the Caspian sea. "The exercises will continue until Nov.17,"
    Azerbaijan's defense ministery said.

    http://www.worldbulletin.net/news/148327/security-group-warns-on-armenia-azerbaijan-fighting

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