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NATO sees no military solution to Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

25 November 2014 [14:20] - TODAY.AZ

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By Sara Rajabova

NATO concerned over incidents and violence in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said he is concerned over the recent developments between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Stoltenberg made his remarks at a meeting of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in The Hague, RIA Novosti reported on November 24.

Armenian MI-24 helicopter flying 1,700 meters northeast of the Kengerli village of Aghdam region attacked the Azerbaijani army positions on November 12. The helicopter was shot down by the Azerbaijani side. The three crew members on the board of MI-24 helicopter were revealed to be Armenian army's servicemen, who illegally joined the so-called "NKR army."

“I am concerned about the recent incidents in the Nagorno-Karabakh. It emphasizes that there is no military solution to the conflict,” Stoltenberg said.

Stoltenberg emphasized that there is no alternative to a political solution. “I do not see any direct role for NATO, but NATO supports the Minsk process to create conditions for a sustainable peaceful solution in Nagorno-Karabakh through negotiations,” Stoltenberg said.

The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict emerged in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan.

Since a lengthy war in the early 1990s that displaced over one million Azerbaijanis, Armenian armed forces have occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent regions.

The UN Security Council's four resolutions on Armenian withdrawal have not been enforced to this day.

Peace talks, mediated by Russia, France and the U.S. through the OSCE Minsk Group, are underway on the basis of a peace outline proposed by the Minsk Group co-chairs and dubbed the Madrid Principles. The negotiations have been largely fruitless so far.

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