MEP Eleni Theocharous condemns the Azerbaijani provocative action
The EU should organise an ad hoc mission to examine what happened on
the ground
With this statement, I feel the obligation to condemn a provocative
action taken by the Azerbaijani Military Forces, on November 12 2014,
against innocent people who have probably lost their lives. In fact,
the Azerbaijani Military Forces shot down an unarmed helicopter of the
Nagorno – Karabakh (NKR) Defense Army while it was on a training
flight. The fate of the crew members remains unknown because of
Azerbaijan’s continued shootings and therefore the rescue operation
seems to be very complicated. This incident is the most serious one
since the cease fire agreement signed in 1994 by Azerbaijan, Nagorno
Karabakh Republic and Armenia.
I have already sent a letter to the President of the European
Commission Jan Claude Junkcer and to other Commissioners in which I
highlighted the facts of the incident. Furthermore, I proposed that
the EU should organise an ad hoc mission to examine on the ground what
really happened. What is evident, for the time being, is that the
government of Azerbaijan has violated the cease-fire and three
innocent people have rather lost their lives.
The EU should condemn this action and support the efforts for the
solution of the problem [conflict of Nagorno Karabakh] on the basis of
the right of self-determination (article 1 paragraph 2 of the UN
Charter).
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Brussels, 13.11.2014
ATTN:
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
President of the European Commission
Your Excellency,
I am sending this letter to you in order to raise an issue in which
the EU has a strong role to play as a stabilising factor of
On November 12, 2014, the Azeri Military Forces shot down an unarmed
helicopter of the Nagorno-Karabakh (NKR) Defence Army. The helicopter
was on a training flight as part of the announced military drills on
This incident is the most serious one since the Cease-Fire Agreement
signed in 1994 between Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh and
Armenia. Azerbaijan has caused a major outbreak of hostilities this
summer, but
Your Excellency, I have read the statement issued by the EU on
November 12, 2014 about the incident mentioned above and I consider
that we can do something more. I propose to organise an ad hoc mission
to examine on the ground what really happened. What is evident is that
the
Yours sincerely,
Dr. Eleni THEOCHAROUS, MPE
Head of the Cypriot delegation of the EPP Group in the Parliament
Dr. Eleni THEOCHAROUS
Member of the European Parliament
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