Nagorno-Karabakh Foreign Ministry sent a letter to incumbent OSCE Chairman-in-Office George Papandreou on Dec. 20 incident on NKR-Azerbaijan armed forces’ contact line.

The letter says that a woman heading to NKR defense army combat station was shot on NKR-Azerbaijan armed forces’ contact line near Aghdam on Dec. 20, NKR FM press service informed NEWS.am.

“This is not the first time that locals, forcedly settled in frontier zone and abused for military purposes, try to move to the Karabakhi side due to unbearable conditions”, the letter reads.

NKR MFA drew OSCE office’s attention to the fact that the mentioned incident occurred as a result of ceasefire violation by Azerbaijani side, while the Armenian servicemen did their utmost to prevent the woman’s tragic death."

A copy of the letter was sent to the Personal Representative of the Chairman-in-Office Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk and OSCE MG Co-Chairs: Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia), Bernard Fassier (France) and Robert Bradtke (U.S.).

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