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Stratfor: â€œRFE has shown a tendency in the past to give credence to the Armenian sway of events rather than independently report on the situation between the two states and in Nagorno-Karabakhâ€

24 June 2010 13:05 (UTC +04:00)

The OSCEâ€™s statement â€œstrongly condemnedâ€ the use of force and loss as life as â€œregrettable.â€ However, the OSCEâ€™s response was not directed at simply Baku or Yerevan, but to the overall security situation in the region.

A report by Radio Free Europe has spun the story to report that the OSCE has condemned Azerbaijani government and its forces for the incident. Nowhere in the official OSCE statement was direct blame placed on Baku.

The OSCE was very careful in its wording of a statement on such an incident, in four Armenian conscripts and one Azerbaijani serviceman was killed, which led to a retaliatory incident the following night, which killed another Azerbaijani serviceman.

Since the RFE report was issued, its author has since retracted his article, saying that he â€œmisrepresentedâ€ the OSCE statement. RFE has shown a tendency in the past to give credence to the Armenian sway of events rather than independently report on the situation between the two states and in Nagorno-Karabakh.