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OSCE MINSK GROUP MISSION URGES AZERBAIJAN TO ALLOW ACCESS TO MI-24 CRASH SITE
09:43 * 20.11.14
The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group have expressed concerns that
there has been no humanitarian access to the A crash site of the
Armenian helicopter downed by Azerbaijani forces last week.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, they urge the country to allow
access to the site for recovering the bodies.
The message is below:
"The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Igor Popov of the
Russian Federation, James Warlick of the United States of America,
and Pierre Andrieu of France) remain deeply concerned that there
has been no humanitarian access to the crash site of the military
helicopter downed by Azerbaijani forces on November 12. The wreckage
of the helicopter lies in a heavily mined area of neutral territory
on the Line of Contact.
"We call on the sides to cease firing in the vicinity of the crash
site and facilitate the demining of the area surrounding the site. In
the spirit of the Astrakhan statement of October 2010 between the
Presidents of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Russia, the Co-Chairs urge
Azerbaijan to permit the recovery of the bodies of the victims,
and Armenia to cooperate fully with all efforts to resolve this
humanitarian situation. We note the presence of the Personal
Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Ambassador Andrzej
Kasprzyk and his team in the region, and encourage the sides to use
his good offices to allow access.
"We reaffirm our November 12 statement, reminding the sides of their
responsibilities to respect the ceasefire and honor the commitments
they made in Sochi, Newport, and Paris to find a peaceful resolution
to the conflict.
Armenian News - Tert.am
09:43 * 20.11.14
The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group have expressed concerns that
there has been no humanitarian access to the A crash site of the
Armenian helicopter downed by Azerbaijani forces last week.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, they urge the country to allow
access to the site for recovering the bodies.
The message is below:
"The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Igor Popov of the
Russian Federation, James Warlick of the United States of America,
and Pierre Andrieu of France) remain deeply concerned that there
has been no humanitarian access to the crash site of the military
helicopter downed by Azerbaijani forces on November 12. The wreckage
of the helicopter lies in a heavily mined area of neutral territory
on the Line of Contact.
"We call on the sides to cease firing in the vicinity of the crash
site and facilitate the demining of the area surrounding the site. In
the spirit of the Astrakhan statement of October 2010 between the
Presidents of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Russia, the Co-Chairs urge
Azerbaijan to permit the recovery of the bodies of the victims,
and Armenia to cooperate fully with all efforts to resolve this
humanitarian situation. We note the presence of the Personal
Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Ambassador Andrzej
Kasprzyk and his team in the region, and encourage the sides to use
his good offices to allow access.
"We reaffirm our November 12 statement, reminding the sides of their
responsibilities to respect the ceasefire and honor the commitments
they made in Sochi, Newport, and Paris to find a peaceful resolution
to the conflict.
Armenian News - Tert.am