OSCE CiO lays blame for contact line attacks on no side

PanARMENIAN.Net - OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore called on Armenia and Azerbaijan to refrain from the use of force or threatening hostilities as well as retaliation.

“The conflict won’t get settled through the use of force or threats,” he told a press conference in Yerevan, voicing intention to issue a similar statement in Baku, too.

The OSCE head stressed the need to take serious measures in the face of escalation of tensions at the line of contact.

“Hopefully, both parties will give new impetus to proposals to center on basic principles of the conflict settlement,” he said.

Mr. Gilmore noted that OSCE can solely assist the parties by offering a negotiation platform and fostering establishment of humanitarian contacts.

He further refrained from laying the blame for recent incidents on any of the sides, saying that it won’t contribute to peaceful resolution of the conflict.

Sources say that up to 25 Azerbaijani soldiers were killed in Azeri attacks in recent days in Tavush- Ghazakh zone of Armenian-Azerbaijani border.

On June 5 night, an attempt was made by Azerbaijani soldiers to infiltrate one of the positions of Artsakh defense army. Armenian side, however, managed to hinder Azeri attack, with NKR army units pushing Azeri forces back to the original positions.

Azerbaijani authorities try hard to concoct reasons behind the deaths and injuries on its side. In fact, these are saboteurs, killed or wounded by Armenian armed forces who were trying to hinder Azeri advancement. Thus, according to Azerbaijani authorities, Azeri soldiers commit mass suicides, get blown up by mine, and die in an accident.

On June 6, Azerbaijani media reported that a soldier, 19, was “blown up by mine.” He was hospitalized, with doctors assessing his state as moderate.

Sometimes, even a concrete slab kills an Azerbaijani soldier. For instance, it was reported that two Azeri servicemen were killed in Agstafa region, with another having been “injured during collapse of concrete slab.”

Emin Guliyev and Orkhan Huseynov died, while Elnur Kechalov is still at hospital. Meanwhile, according to Miacum.am website, 21 Azerbaijani soldiers were killed in Azeri subversive acts in recent days in Tavush- Kazakh zone of Armenian-Azerbaijani border. On June 7, Azerbaijani media reported that another Azeri soldier Cabrayilov Ramil Dilavar drowned in Kur River.