{"id":3571,"date":"2022-09-15T18:31:12","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T18:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/un-remains-deeply-concerned-over-dangerous-escalation-following-fighting-across-armenia-azerbaijan-border\/"},"modified":"2022-09-15T18:31:12","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T18:31:12","slug":"un-remains-deeply-concerned-over-dangerous-escalation-following-fighting-across-armenia-azerbaijan-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=3571","title":{"rendered":"UN remains deeply concerned over \u2018dangerous escalation\u2019 following fighting across Armenia-Azerbaijan border |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Miroslav <span><span>Jen\u010da, t<\/span><\/span>he UN Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and Americas, briefed an emergency meeting of the Security Council on Thursday morning, following an announcement on Wednesday evening of a ceasefire.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cWe welcome this agreement, and hope the ceasefire will hold\u201d, said Mr. <span><span>Jen\u010da.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>He told ambassadors that heavy fighting had been reported along the international border on 12 September, involving heavy artillery, drones and large-calibre weapons, according to reports.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span>Casualties<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Mr. Jen\u010da said the Armenian Government had \u201ccalled the events a deliberate attack\u201d, while Azerbaijan had countered that its military action amounted to \u201cretaliatory measures\u201d, which had been made \u201cin response to provocations from Armenia.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>He said Armenia had reported 105 servicemen killed, and six civilians wounded as of Wednesday night, while Azerbaijan had reported 71 servicemen killed, and two civilians wounded.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Both countries have written to the Secretary-General and Security Council alleging violations of the ceasefire brokered by Russia in 2020, when a major escalation of fighting between the two former Soviet Republics took place, in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cThe United Nations is not in a position to verify or confirm the specifics of these reports. We remain deeply concerned, however, over this dangerous escalation, including its possible impact on civilians\u201d, said the Assistant Secretary-General.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span>Ready to respond<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>He said the UN Country Teams in both countries, \u201cmaintain open channels with the authorities and stand prepared to respond to emerging humanitarian needs, if requested, and as conditions allow.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>He said this week\u2019s fighting \u201cwas the latest and the largest in a series of incidents since 2020. It highlights the fact that the process of normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan continues to encounter serious obstacles.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Mr. Jen\u010da said it was also a \u201cstark reminder\u201d that the tensions between the two, \u201calso have the potential to destabilize the region. They highlight the need for all actors, in the region and beyond, to act constructively and to press the sides to work for a peaceful settlement.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span>He said that the international community needed to remain \u201cfully committed to a peaceful settlement\u201d of the long-running dispute, \u201cand spare no effort to deescalate the current tensions, bring the parties back to the negotiating table and help them achieve peace and stability in the region.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/feed\/view\/en\/story\/2022\/09\/1126721\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miroslav Jen\u010da, the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and Americas, briefed an emergency meeting&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-europe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.0 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - 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