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Interfax, Russia
Feb 6 2015
Azeri Defense Ministry promises "relentless response" to Armenia for
opening fire on populated area
BAKU/YEREVAN. Feb 6
The Armenian military opened intense fire on the village of Alibeili,
Tovuz district, the press service for the Azeri Defense Ministry has
reported.
One civilian was wounded and a house was burned in the attack, the
ministry said.
"The village was under fire from firearms of various caliber all night
since February 5. The targets were the positions of the Azeri army and
civilian facilities. An incendiary bullet fired from Armenia caused a
fire in a house, and a village resident was wounded," the ministry
said in a report issued on Friday.
The Azeri Defense Ministry said that by opening fire on non-military
facilities the Armenian military breach the norms and principles of
international law and are looking to provoke Azerbaijan to take
relevant steps.
"The Azeri Defense Ministry says civilian and non-military facilities
have never been the target of the Azeri side. The enemy should be held
responsible for this act. The response of the Azeri army to destroy
Armenian military targets will be more serious, drastic and
relentless," the report says.
The Armenian Defense Ministry earlier said the shots fired at the
Azeri territory were a response to ceasefire violations by Azerbaijan
on all tracks along the border on the Tavush region.
"Fire was opened on populated areas. Armenia opened fire on the Azeri
positions from which the shots had been fired," Artsrun Ovannisyan,
press officer for the Armenian defense minister, said.
Armenian doctors earlier said a resident of the village of Nerkin
Karmirakhbyur, Tavush region of Armenia, was killed in an attack
coming from Azerbaijan.
The OSCE on January 27 called on Azerbaijan and Armenia to exercise
restraint in resolving the Karabakh conflict.
"We called on Azerbaijan to observe its commitments to a peaceful
resolution of the conflict. We also call on Armenia to take all
measures to reduce tensions," 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) said in a
communique issued after a meeting Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar
Mammadyarov.
"The rise in violence that began last year must stop for confidence to
be restored and progress to be made in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace
process," the communique says.
The OSCE reiterated the importance of measures that could rule out the
possibility of incidents between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
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Feb 6 2015
Azeri Defense Ministry promises "relentless response" to Armenia for
opening fire on populated area
BAKU/YEREVAN. Feb 6
The Armenian military opened intense fire on the village of Alibeili,
Tovuz district, the press service for the Azeri Defense Ministry has
reported.
One civilian was wounded and a house was burned in the attack, the
ministry said.
"The village was under fire from firearms of various caliber all night
since February 5. The targets were the positions of the Azeri army and
civilian facilities. An incendiary bullet fired from Armenia caused a
fire in a house, and a village resident was wounded," the ministry
said in a report issued on Friday.
The Azeri Defense Ministry said that by opening fire on non-military
facilities the Armenian military breach the norms and principles of
international law and are looking to provoke Azerbaijan to take
relevant steps.
"The Azeri Defense Ministry says civilian and non-military facilities
have never been the target of the Azeri side. The enemy should be held
responsible for this act. The response of the Azeri army to destroy
Armenian military targets will be more serious, drastic and
relentless," the report says.
The Armenian Defense Ministry earlier said the shots fired at the
Azeri territory were a response to ceasefire violations by Azerbaijan
on all tracks along the border on the Tavush region.
"Fire was opened on populated areas. Armenia opened fire on the Azeri
positions from which the shots had been fired," Artsrun Ovannisyan,
press officer for the Armenian defense minister, said.
Armenian doctors earlier said a resident of the village of Nerkin
Karmirakhbyur, Tavush region of Armenia, was killed in an attack
coming from Azerbaijan.
The OSCE on January 27 called on Azerbaijan and Armenia to exercise
restraint in resolving the Karabakh conflict.
"We called on Azerbaijan to observe its commitments to a peaceful
resolution of the conflict. We also call on Armenia to take all
measures to reduce tensions," 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) said in a
communique issued after a meeting Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar
Mammadyarov.
"The rise in violence that began last year must stop for confidence to
be restored and progress to be made in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace
process," the communique says.
The OSCE reiterated the importance of measures that could rule out the
possibility of incidents between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
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