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    OSCE CO-CHAIRS CONDEMN SHOOTING IN GORADIZ

    Panorama.am
    16:50 06/03/2009

    The Minsk Group Co-Chairs condemn the shooting incident near Goradiz
    along the Line of Contact on February 26, when shots were fired during
    a monitoring mission carried out by the Personal Representative of
    the Chair-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk, reports the OSCE press service.

    The co-chairs call on the parties to adhere scrupulously to the
    ceasefire and express their deep regret that over 30 people have died
    and 50 have been wounded in 2008 as a result of ceasefire violations.

    They condemn in the strongest terms the violation of the ceasefire
    during the course of an OSCE monitoring mission, particularly given
    that local commanders provided written security guarantees to the
    OSCE monitoring mission just prior to their monitoring activities on
    February 26.

    They call for an explanation from the parties for how such an egregious
    violation of the ceasefire could have taken place.

    The co-chairs regret that not all of the parties agreed to the
    recommendation made by the Minsk Group Co-Chairs at the Ministerial
    Council meeting in Helsinki in December 2008 to pull snipers back
    from the Line of Contact.

    They express full support and admiration for the work of Personal
    Representative Kasprzyk and his team, and underline the importance
    of monitoring the Line of Contact as a confidence building measure
    between the sides.
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