Azerbaijan’s 12 military killed in area of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

In the military actions in the area of the Karabakh conflict were killed 12 military of Azerbaijan’s Armed Forces, press service of the country’s defense ministry reported on Saturday.

In the area of military actions, the press service said, was downed a Mi-24 helicopter and destroyed one tank of the Armed Forces.

Co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group have condemned use of force in Nagorno Karabakh and called on the parties to stop the fire, the co-chairs Igor Popov (Russia), James Worlick (the U.S.) and Pierre Andrieu (France) said in a joint statement published on Saturday.

The co-chairs expressed major concerns about the big violations of the ceasefire regime along the line of engagement in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict area, and called on the sides to stop the fire and undertake all measures to stabilize the situation.

There is no alternative to peace settlement of a conflict, and war is not a way out, they said.
  [tass.ru]
2/4/16
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