EU High Representative “concerned=?UTF-8?B?4oCdIA==?=over Armenian-Azeri border incidents

Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission, has issued a statement, expressing concerns over the recent armed clashes on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and the Line of Contact between Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan.

In a statement disseminated on behalf of Ashton late last week the senior EU official said she "deeply regrets" the loss of life in the June 4-6 incidents.

The High Representative called on both sides "to strictly respect the ceasefire and exercise restraint on the ground and in public statements in order to prevent a further escalation of the situation, which has been deteriorating during the last several months."  Read more... (240 words)

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