OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier has said that “the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh has seen a worrying deterioration on the ground.”
“The hostilities that had erupted in April 2016 contributed to the highest number of soldiers and civilians killed and wounded in a single year since the May 1994 ceasefire,” he said at a Security Council open debate on protracted conflicts in Europe.
Lamberto Zannier emphasized that the use of heavy weapons and the clear targeting of villages set a disturbing precedent, with a high risk of further fighting.
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