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MOSCOW CONCERNED OVER SERIOUS DETERIORATION OF SITUATION IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH - LUKASHEVICH /UPDATES/
ITAR-TASS, Russia
February 5, 2015 Thursday 05:44 PM GMT+4
MOSCOW February 5.
Russia is concerned over the serious deterioration of the situation
in Nagorno-Karabakh, Foreign Ministry spokesman Aleksandr Lukashevich
told a briefing on Thursday
"A very difficult situation persists on the contact line and on the
Armenian-Azerbaijani border," he said. "Still there are many cases
of violation of the ceasefire regime, armed clashes have become
more frequent and the activity of subversive-sabotage groups has
intensified."
Lukashevich said that according to reports of the monitoring mission
of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
that are based on official source data, in January 2015 alone a total
of 12 people have been killed and 18 injured in the conflict zone. "It
is clear that the actual number of casualties may be considerably
higher," he added.
Azerbaijan and Armenia have been at loggerheads for decades over the
status of Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountainous region inhabited almost
entirely by ethnic Armenians but which is located within Azerbaijan's
internationally recognised borders.
The Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said that a statement made by
the troika of co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group after a meeting with
the Azerbaijani foreign minister in Krakow on January 27 this year,
contains "an appeal to all the conflict sides to observe the ceasefire
agreements." On Thursday, the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs are to meet
in Munich with the Armenian foreign minister to discuss the situation
on the contact line and on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
"We strongly urge the sides to take efficient measures to de-escalate
tension and avoid taking steps that may escalate the conflict,"
the diplomat said. --0--ezh
ITAR-TASS, Russia
February 5, 2015 Thursday 05:44 PM GMT+4
MOSCOW February 5.
Russia is concerned over the serious deterioration of the situation
in Nagorno-Karabakh, Foreign Ministry spokesman Aleksandr Lukashevich
told a briefing on Thursday
"A very difficult situation persists on the contact line and on the
Armenian-Azerbaijani border," he said. "Still there are many cases
of violation of the ceasefire regime, armed clashes have become
more frequent and the activity of subversive-sabotage groups has
intensified."
Lukashevich said that according to reports of the monitoring mission
of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
that are based on official source data, in January 2015 alone a total
of 12 people have been killed and 18 injured in the conflict zone. "It
is clear that the actual number of casualties may be considerably
higher," he added.
Azerbaijan and Armenia have been at loggerheads for decades over the
status of Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountainous region inhabited almost
entirely by ethnic Armenians but which is located within Azerbaijan's
internationally recognised borders.
The Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said that a statement made by
the troika of co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group after a meeting with
the Azerbaijani foreign minister in Krakow on January 27 this year,
contains "an appeal to all the conflict sides to observe the ceasefire
agreements." On Thursday, the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs are to meet
in Munich with the Armenian foreign minister to discuss the situation
on the contact line and on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
"We strongly urge the sides to take efficient measures to de-escalate
tension and avoid taking steps that may escalate the conflict,"
the diplomat said. --0--ezh