EP CALLS ON KARABAKH CONFLICT SIDES TO RESUME PEACEFUL TALKS

PanARMENIAN.Net
14.03.2008 14:53 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Calling on Azerbaijan and Armenia to avoid violence
and ill-considered steps, the European Parliament issued a statement
on occasion of recent tensions at the line of contact of Azerbaijani
and Armenian troops in Nagorno Karabakh. "The European Parliament
regrets for deaths during the ceasefire violation and calls on the
conflicting parties to restore peaceful talks," the statement reads.

Touching on the post-election situation in Armenia, the European
Parliament called on the RA authorities to lift the state of emergency
and refrain from violence, the Azeri Press Agency reports.

On March 4 early morning Azeri special forces attacked a position
of the NKR Defense Army near Levonarkh settlement of Mardakert
region. The attack was rebuffed and status quo restored. A crisis
monitoring due on March 7 by request of the NKR MFA was postponed
through Azerbaijan’s fault.

A repeated ceasefire violation was foxed on March 7.