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Both sides obliged to ‘spare and protect civilians' over Nagorno-Karabakh fighting: Guterres
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 19 - 10 - 2020

The UN Secretary-General on Sunday condemned "all attacks on populated areas" in and around the Nagorno-Karabakh zone of conflict, as Armenia and Azerbaijan reportedly accused each other of violating the latest humanitarian ceasefire agreement.
In a statement released by his spokesperson, António Guterres described the "tragic loss of civilian lives, including children, from the latest reported strike on Oct. 16" on Azerbaijan's second largest city of Ganja, as "totally unacceptable".
The UN chief reiterated that "indiscriminate attacks on populated areas anywhere, including in Stepanakert/Khankendi and other localities in and around the immediate Nagorno-Karabakh zone of conflict", were likewise totally unacceptable.
Both sides agreed a truce to begin at midnight on Saturday, local time, reportedly following interventions by Russia, and other leaders of the so-called Minsk Group of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which was created in 1992, to encourage a peaceful resolution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, between the two nations at the center of the conflict.
The group is co-chaired by the United States, France and Russia, and its permanent members are Belarus, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Finland, Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Deep regret that fighting continues
"The secretary-general deeply regrets that the sides have continuously ignored the repeated calls of the international community to immediately stop the fighting," said the statement released mid-morning on Sunday, New York time.
Guterres also "underscored again in his latest calls with the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, both sides have the obligation under international humanitarian law to take constant care to spare and protect civilians and civilian infrastructure in the conduct of military operations, and protect civilians and civilian infrastructure."
"The secretary-general notes the latest announcement on the start of the humanitarian truce on Oct. 18 and expects both parties to fully abide by this commitment and resume substantive negotiations without delay under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs", the statement concluded. — UN News


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