OSCE MG members should be more active in Karabakh conflict

  08 April 2016    Read: 674
OSCE MG members should be more active in Karabakh conflict
Ankara regards any threat against Azerbaijan as a threat against itself, `Turkiyegazetesi` newspaper quoted Turkey`s Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu as saying Apr.8.
He noted that there is an Armenian lobby in the OSCE Minsk Group member states.

Unfortunately, although Turkey is a member of the OSCE Minsk Group, other co-chairs such as Russia oppose Ankara`s participation in the settlement of Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, according to Davutoglu.

The prime minister believes that the OSCE Minsk Group member states should more actively participate in this conflict`s settlement.

On the night of April 2, 2016, all the frontier positions of Azerbaijan were subjected to heavy fire from the Armenian side, which used large-caliber weapons, mortars and grenade launchers. The armed clashes resulted in deaths and injuries among the Azerbaijani population.

Azerbaijan responded with a counter-attack, which led to liberation of several strategic heights and settlements.

Military operations were stopped on the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian armies on Apr. 5 at 12:00 (UTC/GMT + 4 hours) with the consent of the sides, Azerbaijan`s Defense Ministry earlier said. Ignoring the agreement, the Armenian side again started violating the ceasefire.

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