OSCE Secretary General: Helicopter crash in Karabakh may lead to bigger crisis OSCE is concerned with the events regarding the c
OSCE is concerned with the events regarding the crashed down MI-24 military helicopter belonging to NKR Air Forces and believes that such incidents can expand the scopes of the crisis. According to RIA Novosti, said today Lamberto Zannier Secretary General of theOrganization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
"We are too concerned about the events inside and outside the Nagorno Karabakh. Such disasters may lead to a bigger crisis in this situation, which gets increasingly unstable," said Zannier at the European Parliament.
As NKR Defense Ministry press service reported earlier, today, Nagorno Karabakh Air Forces’ Mi-24 helicopter was shot by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces during military training flight in the airspace in the eastern section of Karabakh – Azerbaijan Line of Contact around 1:45 pm. The land, on which the incident occurred, is in close proximity to the line of contact. Opponent after the incident continued intense bombardment scene from weapons of different caliber. The place where the helicopter was shot is close to the Line of Contact. The enemy continued to fire shots from weapons of different calibers after the incident.
Meanwhile, the press secretary of Armenian Defense Minister Artsrun Hovhannisyan wrote on his Facebook page that Azerbaijani Armed Forces have carried out an unprecedented provocation on the border with the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh; this has also led to an escalation of the situation. In the same time the fabrications of the Azerbaijani side as if the Armenian helicopters had attacked their positions and they allegedly had merely responded to this step, are senseless. "The study of the wreckage of the helicopter will confirm that he was not armed.
The escalation of the Azerbaijani side has continued even after the helicopter fall down. Moreover, the Azerbaijani side continued shelling, not allowing even to get closer to the pilots. The consequences of this unprecedented escalation will be very harmful for the Azerbaijani side and will remain as a stain on the conscience of the military-political leadership of Azerbaijan. Captain of the helicopter was Major Sergei Sahakyan. Information about the fate of the crew will be given later," Artsrun Hovhannisyan stated
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