25/07/2014 16:18
R. Morningstar: US concerned over casualties on Contact Line
U.S ambassador to Azerbaijan Richard Morningstar expressed regret about tragic casualties and tension on the Line of Contact in the Karabakh conflict zone, the U.S. ambassador said in a speech he delivered in connection with the end of his diplomatic mission in Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani Trend news agency said.
“I know that Co-chairs are very concerned about the conflict along the Line of Contact and that just again goes to show how this terrible conflict must be resolved," ambassador said.
As was reported earlier, on Wednesday the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, James Warlick of the United States of America, and Pierre Andrieu of France – issued a joint statement, in which they expressed their serious concern about the increase in tensions and violence, including the targeted killings of civilians, along the Line of Contact and the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. They urged the parties to commit themselves to avoiding casualties and rejected the deliberate targeting of villages and the civilian population. They called on the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan to defuse tensions and adhere to the terms of the ceasefire.