"Ничейная земля" не является "нейтральной территорией", но .... Заявление, опубликованное сопредседателями Минского процесса ОБСЕ, вызвало споры.

Заявление, опубликованное сопредседателями Минского процесса ОБСЕ сразу после сбития армянского вертолета на прошлой неделе, вызвало споры.

В среду, одновременно в Париже, в Москве и Вашингтоне было опубликовано следующее заявление:

"Сопредседатели Минской группы ОБСЕ (послы Игорь Попов от Российской Федерации, Джеймс Уорлик от Соединенных Штатов  Америки, и Пьер Андрие от Франции) по-прежнему глубоко обеспокоены тем, что к месту крушения сбитого 12 ноября азербайджанскими силами военного вертолета армянской стороны до сих пор не обеспечен гуманитарный доступ. Обломки вертолета лежат в заминированной области нейтральной территории на линии соприкосновения.

Мы призываем стороны прекратить огонь в зоне катастрофы и обеспечить разминирование прилегающей территории. В свете Астраханского  заявления в октябре 2010 года президентов Армении, Азербайджана и России, сопредседатели призывают Азербайджан обеспечить допуск к телам жертв, а Армению полностью  содействовать усилиям по решению гуманитарной ситуации. Мы напоминаем о присутствии  личного помощника действующего председателя ОБСЕ Анджея Каспршика и его команды в регионе и призываем стороны использовать его миссию и позволить доступ.

Мы подтверждаем наше заявление от 12 ноября, напоминая сторонам о необходимости уважения режима прекращения огня и уважении обязательств, взятых в ходе встреч в Сочи, Ньюпорте и Париже в поиске  мирного урегулирования конфликта."

Заявление сразу же подняло споры из-за использования слов "нейтральной территории". Термин нейтральная зона или нейтральная территория часто используется для описания территории между двумя странами, где невозможно или же не была обозначена граница. Территорию, разделяющую стороны в конфликте, чаще называют "ничейной землей". Сопредседатель Минского процесса ОБСЕ от США написал в своем Твиттере этим утром "чтобы было ясно, нет «нейтральной» территории в конфликте вокруг Нагорного Карабаха. Но есть" ничейная земля "разделяющая вооруженные силы".

По словам политического редактора Commonspace.eu: "Не ясно, было ли это языковым ляпом, или же сопредседатели Минского  процесса пытаются ввести новые понятия. Терминология в дискурсе вокруг нагорно-карабахского конфликта весьма спорная, и стороны конфликта тратят много своего времени и энергии в спорах об этих терминах, которые удобно спасают их от того, чтобы не говорить о более существенных вопросах. В этом случае все очевидно и в заявлении ОБСЕ был использован  неправильный термин. Но более важно то, что является ключевым вопросом в заявлении сопредседателя, а именно необходимость гуманитарного доступа к месту крушения вертолета в целях извлечения тела погибших.

Стороны озвучивают очень разные истории по поводу того, что же произошло на самом деле, и важно провезти быстрое и достоверное расследование инцидента".

Источник: commonspace.eu по материалам osce.org и других СМИ.

Фото: Команда мониторинга ОБСЕ на линии соприкосновения армянских и азербайджанских сил в зоне нагорно-карабахского конфликта (фото из архива).

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