ArmInfo.Antoniu Gutteris, the UN Secretary General, expressed his concern with the latest escalation in the karabakh Conflict zone, Stephane Dujarric, the personal representative of the Secretary General informs.
According to Dujarric the UN Secretary general supports the efforts of OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, aimed at the reduction of the dangerous level of tension and prevention of the further escalation of the situation.
" We are strictly concerned with the latest combat actions at the contact line in Nagorno Karabakh. The Head of a Worldwide organization calls all the sides of the conflict to hold off any activities which could harm the cease fire agreements, and without any delays to resume the negotiations aimed at the peaceful solution of the conflict, " Dujarric mentioned.
To recall, on Feb 25 night the Azeri armed forces attempted to mount attacks on the southeastern (Martuni) and eastern (Akna) sections of the line of contact with the Artsakh troops by using special equipment and devices for demining. Due to the video surveillance devices, the forward detachments of the Defense Army of Artsakh fixed the advancement of the Azeri troops in both directions and made the adversary retreat.
The latter retreated, suffering losses. At least two Azeri servicemen were wounded and the bodies of several Azeri servicemen are in the neutral zone. The Artsakh side suffered no losses. By unconfirmed data, the adversary lost 7-16 people.