Sargsyan: CSTO reiterates necessity of solving Karabakh problem by exclusively peaceful means
17.10.2016,
10:37
At the CSTO summit in Yerevan, the partners expressed support to the agreements on the NK problem reached this year in Vienna and Saint Petersburg, aimed at thwarting the rise of tension in the conflict zone, stabilization of the situation and creation of the conditions for moving the peace process forward, Serzh Sargsyan, Armenian president, told journalists on Friday after the meeting.
YEREVAN, October 17. /ARKA/. At the CSTO summit in Yerevan, the partners expressed support to the agreements on the NK problem reached this year in Vienna and Saint Petersburg, aimed at thwarting the rise of tension in the conflict zone, stabilization of the situation and creation of the conditions for moving the peace process forward, Serzh Sargsyan, Armenian president, told journalists on Friday after the meeting.
“At the session, the parties reiterated the necessity of solving the NK issue through the exclusively peaceful means, expressed support to the efforts of the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group aimed at the resolution of the conflict, which are based on the norms and principles of international law, UN Charter,
Helsinki Final Act, particularly, on the principles of non-use of force or threat to use force, territorial integrity of the states, legal equality and the right of people for self-determination,” he said.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict broke out in 1998 February when the Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous region announced its secession from Azerbaijan. In September 1991, the region declared itself the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and, over the course of the enduring conflict, Azerbaijan subsequently lost control of the region.
In 1994, a Russia-brokered cease-fire was signed and peace talks have been held since, brokered by the OSCE Minsk Group.
On April 2 Azerbaijan resorted to an "unprecedented provocation along the entire perimeter of the contact line" with Nagorno-Karabakh. According to the NKR Defense Army, during the three-day fighting they have destroyed 2 helicopters, 29 tanks, one missile system Grad, heavy flame-throwing systems TOS-1, 6 armored vehicles, including 1 infantry fighting vehicle, 1 unit of engineering machinery and 6 Azerbaijani drones killing also over 300 Azeri soldiers. The Armenian side lost 7 tanks, 20 servicemen were killed, and 72 wounded. Four civilians, including one child, were killed as well. Armenians also have 26 missing people. --0---
“At the session, the parties reiterated the necessity of solving the NK issue through the exclusively peaceful means, expressed support to the efforts of the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group aimed at the resolution of the conflict, which are based on the norms and principles of international law, UN Charter,
Helsinki Final Act, particularly, on the principles of non-use of force or threat to use force, territorial integrity of the states, legal equality and the right of people for self-determination,” he said.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict broke out in 1998 February when the Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous region announced its secession from Azerbaijan. In September 1991, the region declared itself the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and, over the course of the enduring conflict, Azerbaijan subsequently lost control of the region.
In 1994, a Russia-brokered cease-fire was signed and peace talks have been held since, brokered by the OSCE Minsk Group.
On April 2 Azerbaijan resorted to an "unprecedented provocation along the entire perimeter of the contact line" with Nagorno-Karabakh. According to the NKR Defense Army, during the three-day fighting they have destroyed 2 helicopters, 29 tanks, one missile system Grad, heavy flame-throwing systems TOS-1, 6 armored vehicles, including 1 infantry fighting vehicle, 1 unit of engineering machinery and 6 Azerbaijani drones killing also over 300 Azeri soldiers. The Armenian side lost 7 tanks, 20 servicemen were killed, and 72 wounded. Four civilians, including one child, were killed as well. Armenians also have 26 missing people. --0---
