OSCE Secretary General: Destruction of Armenian helicopter has risk of conflict escalation
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier considers the destruction of the Armenian helicopter by Azerbaijan in the Nagorno Karabakh Republic to be a serious problem, which can sharpen the conflict, Armenpress reports. The agency reports, citing ITAR-TASS that during the hearings at the European Parliament Zannier stated: “A military helicopter was hit in the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, which presents a serious risk of conflict escalation”. Earlier it was reported that in the airspace of the eastern sector of the Karabakh-Azerbaijani border, in the result of the violation of the ceasefire regime, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces shot a helicopter Mi-24 of the Air Forces of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic during a training flight on November 12 at 13:45. The place of the shot is very close to the line of contact. The press service of the Defense Army of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic informed Armenpress thatthe rival continues firing in the direction of the incident. The details of the incident are being investigated. Later it was announced from Stepanakert that by preliminary data there are three victims. The Commander of the staff was the Major Sergey Sahakyan. More details are available here
