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Jan 7 2015
BBC airs footage about Nagorno-Karabakh conflict (VIDEO)
By Elena Kosolapova - Trend:
BBC International Media Corporation has shown a video release about
the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
The footage features an Azerbaijani family, living in the conflict
zone. "We can't live on the second floor, it is too dangerous," said
the head of family. "So, all our family is cramped into one room
downstairs. Residents complain of the bullets hitting their homes."
"Armenia and Azerbaijan fought a war over Nagorno-Karabakh in 1990s,"
BBC said. "30,000 people were killed, Azerbaijan lost the territory
and seven adjacent regions, hundreds of thousands of people were
displaced. Since the ceasefire agreement in 1994 there hasn't been
much progress in resolving this conflict. In the outside world, it is
often referred to as "a frozen conflict", but for the thousands of
people who live close to the frontline it never froze and coming under
fire is a daily reality."
The video release said that military causalities have escalated last
year. "Tensions peaked when Azerbaijani forces shot down a helicopter
in November ," BBC said.
"Attack helicopters belonging to the air forces of Armenia conducted
assault flights and made attack elements through the defense positions
of the Azerbaijan armed forces and therefore obvious incident
happened," Hikmet Hajiyev, acting head of the press service of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan said. "For the Armenian
side, every time using provocative activities and provocative actions,
the major intention is to damage and hurt the negotiation process."
In the absence of progress at the negotiation table, Azerbaijan has
been spending billions of dollars boosting its military capability,
according to BBC.
The youngest schoolchildren can recite the names of the territories
now occupied by Armenia, according to the footage. They believe that
through war or peace, their land will be returned, even if it takes
another generation to achieve it.
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.
The two countries signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs
of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the US are currently
holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions
on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.
BBC link: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30699504
http://en.trend.az/azerbaijan/karabakh/2350490.html
Jan 7 2015
BBC airs footage about Nagorno-Karabakh conflict (VIDEO)
By Elena Kosolapova - Trend:
BBC International Media Corporation has shown a video release about
the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
The footage features an Azerbaijani family, living in the conflict
zone. "We can't live on the second floor, it is too dangerous," said
the head of family. "So, all our family is cramped into one room
downstairs. Residents complain of the bullets hitting their homes."
"Armenia and Azerbaijan fought a war over Nagorno-Karabakh in 1990s,"
BBC said. "30,000 people were killed, Azerbaijan lost the territory
and seven adjacent regions, hundreds of thousands of people were
displaced. Since the ceasefire agreement in 1994 there hasn't been
much progress in resolving this conflict. In the outside world, it is
often referred to as "a frozen conflict", but for the thousands of
people who live close to the frontline it never froze and coming under
fire is a daily reality."
The video release said that military causalities have escalated last
year. "Tensions peaked when Azerbaijani forces shot down a helicopter
in November ," BBC said.
"Attack helicopters belonging to the air forces of Armenia conducted
assault flights and made attack elements through the defense positions
of the Azerbaijan armed forces and therefore obvious incident
happened," Hikmet Hajiyev, acting head of the press service of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan said. "For the Armenian
side, every time using provocative activities and provocative actions,
the major intention is to damage and hurt the negotiation process."
In the absence of progress at the negotiation table, Azerbaijan has
been spending billions of dollars boosting its military capability,
according to BBC.
The youngest schoolchildren can recite the names of the territories
now occupied by Armenia, according to the footage. They believe that
through war or peace, their land will be returned, even if it takes
another generation to achieve it.
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.
The two countries signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs
of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the US are currently
holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions
on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.
BBC link: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30699504
http://en.trend.az/azerbaijan/karabakh/2350490.html