United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is seriously concerned about the shooting down of a military helicopter in Nagorno-Karabakh, and he calls for not allowing a further escalation of tension.  

The UN press secretary stated the above-said at a briefing in New York, the UN official website reported.

As per the respective statement, the UN Secretary-General also urged the parties to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to abide by the ceasefire agreement, avoid actions that could lead to escalation of the conflict, and fulfill their commitments to achieve a peaceful resolution of the conflict.  

In addition, Ban Ki-moon once again expressed his full support to the OSCE Minsk Group and its three co-chairs. 

The Azerbaijani armed forces violated the ceasefire and shot down a Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Air Force helicopter on Wednesday. The chopper was downed during a training flight, and nearby the eastern sector of the Karabakh-Azerbaijan Line of Contact. As a result, three pilots are believed to have been killed: The commander of the helicopter, Major Sergey Sahakyan, and Senior Lieutenant Sargis Nazaryan and Lieutenant Azat Sahakyan. Information was disseminated some time thereafter, however, that a member of the helicopter crew may still be alive The adversary, on the other hand, continues to intensively fire shots toward the crash site.