ROBERT KOCHARYAN DESCRIBES AZERBAIJAN’S BEHAVIOR AS

armradio.am
05.03.2008 16:59

RA President Robert Kocharyan declared in Yerevan today that
Azerbaijan’s attempts to use the situation in Armenia for improving
its positions at the contact line with the Nagorno Karabakh Republic
are "politically discourteous."

Speaking at a press conference today, Mr. Kocharyan said that the
night of March 4th the Azerbaijani forces attacked one of the front
positions of the Defense Army of Nagorno Karabakh and occupied it. "NKR
soon regained control of the position as a result of decisive response
actions," the President said. He informed that one of the Armenian
Officers was wounded in the hand, another one hurt the leg from
mine blast.

Robert Kocharyan said that yesterday the Personal Ã~Pepresentative
of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk held negotiations on
cease-fire in Baku.

"After the Karabakh forces regained the position, the Azeri troops
started shooting from mortars. For a very long time Azerbaijan had
not used artillery during the violations of the truce," the President
noted.

"Possibly, it seemed to Azerbaijan that the events in Armenia
have reduced the alertness of the Defense Army of Nagorno
Karabakh. Certainly, it’s not the case. Moreover, I think that using
the situation in Armenia that way was politically discourteous,"
Robert Kocharyan noted.

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