SECRETARY-GENERAL LEARNS WITH CONCERN OF LARGE-SCALE CONFRONTATION ALONG CEASEFIRE LINE SEPARATING AZERI AND ARMENIA

Press Release
SG/SM/7034

SECRETARY-GENERAL LEARNS WITH CONCERN OF LARGE-SCALE CONFRONTATION ALONG CEASEFIRE LINE SEPARATING AZERI AND ARMENIA

The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General has learned with concern of a large-scale confrontation on 14 June along the ceasefire line separating Azeri and Armenian ethnic forces, which resulted in the loss of human life. The Secretary-General calls upon all concerned to exercise restraint and to adhere strictly to the provisions of the ceasefire agreement of 1994, thus facilitating a political settlement of this protracted conflict.

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