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US URGES ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN TO RESOLVE CONFLICT PEACEFULLY
Trend, Azerbaijan
Nov 21 2014
21 November 2014, 15:39 (GMT+04:00)
By Ilkin Izzet - Trend:
Both the OSCE Minsk Group and the US State Department expressed their
attitude to the fact that a helicopter of the Armenian armed forces
was downed in the airspace over Nagorno-Karabakh.
We regret the situation that caused the destruction of the helicopter,
the Charge d'Affaires in Azerbaijan Derek Hogan told reporters Nov.20.
US urges the parties to resolve the conflict peacefully, he said.
"During the meetings of the Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia
in Sochi, Wales and Paris, some progress has been achieved in this
direction," said Hogan. "We urge the parties to the peaceful settlement
of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict."
On Nov. 12, at 13:45 (UTC/GMT +4 hours) a Mi-24 helicopter flying 1,700
meters northeast of the Kengerli village of Aghdam district attacked
the positions of the Azerbaijani army. The Azerbaijani side shot down
one helicopter. The debris of the downed helicopter fell on an area,
located 500 meters away from the frontline.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan.
As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied
20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and
seven surrounding districts.
Trend, Azerbaijan
Nov 21 2014
21 November 2014, 15:39 (GMT+04:00)
By Ilkin Izzet - Trend:
Both the OSCE Minsk Group and the US State Department expressed their
attitude to the fact that a helicopter of the Armenian armed forces
was downed in the airspace over Nagorno-Karabakh.
We regret the situation that caused the destruction of the helicopter,
the Charge d'Affaires in Azerbaijan Derek Hogan told reporters Nov.20.
US urges the parties to resolve the conflict peacefully, he said.
"During the meetings of the Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia
in Sochi, Wales and Paris, some progress has been achieved in this
direction," said Hogan. "We urge the parties to the peaceful settlement
of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict."
On Nov. 12, at 13:45 (UTC/GMT +4 hours) a Mi-24 helicopter flying 1,700
meters northeast of the Kengerli village of Aghdam district attacked
the positions of the Azerbaijani army. The Azerbaijani side shot down
one helicopter. The debris of the downed helicopter fell on an area,
located 500 meters away from the frontline.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan.
As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied
20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and
seven surrounding districts.