Nagorno Karabakh: Remarks by the High Representative / Vice-Pres

Thank you Mr President, Honorable Members of the European Parliament, Members, the current military confrontation along the Line of Contact in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict zone is of our utmost concern.

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Armenia–Azerbaijan relations, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Subdivisions of Azerbaijan, Continents, Political geography, Geography of Europe, Post-Soviet conflicts, Anti-Armenianism, Nagorno-Karabakh War, Republic of Artsakh, Nagorno-Karabakh, Nagorno–Karabakh clashes
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  • Thank you Mr President, Honorable Members of the European Parliament, Members, the current military confrontation along the Line of Contact in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict zone is of our utmost concern.
  • On the day that fighting erupted, I released a statement as High Representative, calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities, de-escalation and strict observance of the ceasefire.
  • This position was reinforced by the European Council held on the 1st and 2nd of October.
  • We have seen extremely worrying reports of a surge in attacks on populated areas, which is taking a deadly toll on civilians.
  • We strongly urge the sides to fully observe their international obligations to protect civilian populations.
  • And, with the resources we have, we have urgently allocated a small amount of money [500,000] in humanitarian aid for the affected populations.
  • In fact, we do not have a lot of information about how the conflict is developing.
  • At this stage, further escalation of the conflict and involvement of regional actors, unhappily, cannot be excluded.
  • Link to the video: https://audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/video/I-195714 Closing remarks Thank you President, thank you to all of you for your interesting and engaging remarks.
  • We are going do what we can do as the European Union, with the resources we have in the diplomatic arena.
  • The European Council has decided to see what is going on from now until December to review our relationship with Turkey.
  • This is what the European Council decided after a long discussion on our relations with Turkey.
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