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    Interfax, Russia
    Nov 28 2014


    CSTO to discuss situation with helicopter downed by Azeri military

    YEREVAN. Nov 28

    Armenian President Serzh Sargsian and CSTO General Secretary Nikolai
    Bordyuzha have discussed the downing of an Armenian helicopter by the
    Azeri military and the situation it caused.

    "Nikolai Bordyuzha said this issue will be discussed by the CSTO
    Collective Security Council in Moscow in December," the Armenian
    presidential press service told Interfax on Friday.

    The press service for the Armenian Defense Ministry told Interfax
    Bordyuzha will also meet with Armenian Defense Minister Seiran Oganyan
    and Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan during his visit to
    Yerevan.

    The helicopter was shot down by the Azeri military on November 12.

    According to the Azeri Defense Ministry, an Armenian military
    helicopter Mi-24 had taken an attack course and tried to attack Azeri
    armed forces' positions 1,700 meters northeast of the village of
    Kengerli, the Agdam district, on November 12, after which Azeri forces
    had to return fire and destroyed the helicopter.

    Armenian official sources reported earlier that the Azeri armed forces
    had shot down a Mi-24 helicopter belonging to the Nagorno-Karabakh
    armed forces while the latter was on a training flight during joint
    Armenian-Nagorno-Karabakh exercises Unity 2014. Preliminary findings
    indicated that the three crewmembers were killed. Armenian rescue
    workers were reportedly unable to approach the crash site as Azeri
    armed forces continued to shell the area.

    The defense ministry of the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
    (NKR) reported earlier in the day that NKR military servicemen had
    conducted a successful special operation to retrieve the bodies of the
    helicopter's crewmembers from the crash site in the early hours of
    Saturday.

    The Azeri Defense Ministry denied the report.




    From: A. Papazian
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