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AZERBAIJAN, ARMENIA URGED TO EASE TENSIONS
World Bulletin, Turkey
Feb 9 2015
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has expressed
concern over a record high number of casualties in January during
clashes.
World Bulletin / News Desk
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has called
for easing of tensions between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
Last year, some 60 people were killed over a long-standing conflict
between the two countries over a disputed zone.
In a statement Saturday, the organization expressed concern over the
volatile situation.
The remarks came after a meeting in Munich between the interim chairman
of the organization, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic and the OSCE
Minsk Group, which was established to solve the conflict by Russia,
the U.S. and France.
In January, 12 people were killed, while 18 others were injured,
which is a record high number since a cease-fire was established in
1994, according to the statement.
"We call on the sides to end incursions, cease targeting villages and
civilians, stop the threat of reprisals and the use of asymmetric
force, and take additional steps to reduce tensions and strengthen
the cease-fire," the statement said.
An Azerbaijani solider died Friday after succumbing to his wounds
following clashes a day before, officials said.
Azerbaijan and Armenia, two former Soviet republics, fought a war
over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region in the 1990s.
On May 12, 1994, a cease-fire agreement was signed between Azerbaijan
and Armenia after two decades of conflict over the disputed territory.
In February 1988, the regional parliament in Nagorno-Karabakh,
which is largely populated by ethnic Armenians, voted to declare its
independence from Azerbaijan.
Armenia's parliament voted to recognize the independence, a move that
prompted a forceful evacuation of over 200,000 ethnic Azerbaijanis
from Armenia. Thousands of Azerbaijani civilians lost their lives in
the resulting conflict.
World Bulletin, Turkey
Feb 9 2015
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has expressed
concern over a record high number of casualties in January during
clashes.
World Bulletin / News Desk
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has called
for easing of tensions between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
Last year, some 60 people were killed over a long-standing conflict
between the two countries over a disputed zone.
In a statement Saturday, the organization expressed concern over the
volatile situation.
The remarks came after a meeting in Munich between the interim chairman
of the organization, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic and the OSCE
Minsk Group, which was established to solve the conflict by Russia,
the U.S. and France.
In January, 12 people were killed, while 18 others were injured,
which is a record high number since a cease-fire was established in
1994, according to the statement.
"We call on the sides to end incursions, cease targeting villages and
civilians, stop the threat of reprisals and the use of asymmetric
force, and take additional steps to reduce tensions and strengthen
the cease-fire," the statement said.
An Azerbaijani solider died Friday after succumbing to his wounds
following clashes a day before, officials said.
Azerbaijan and Armenia, two former Soviet republics, fought a war
over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region in the 1990s.
On May 12, 1994, a cease-fire agreement was signed between Azerbaijan
and Armenia after two decades of conflict over the disputed territory.
In February 1988, the regional parliament in Nagorno-Karabakh,
which is largely populated by ethnic Armenians, voted to declare its
independence from Azerbaijan.
Armenia's parliament voted to recognize the independence, a move that
prompted a forceful evacuation of over 200,000 ethnic Azerbaijanis
from Armenia. Thousands of Azerbaijani civilians lost their lives in
the resulting conflict.