we heard from ambassadors on the security council as well as an assistant secretary general miroslav ganga who is charged with overseeing this region. he said that he is not in a position to confirm the conflicting narratives coming from armenian as or by john as to who is responsible for starting. at this recent conflict, armenia accuses azerbaijan of targeting military and civilian positions in their territory and azerbaijan. a for its part says they were responding to provocations, including mining near troops and attacks on troops in the region. that is, there's under international law, but has been contested for many years now. so we heard also from the armenian ambassador, a warning that they believed that further threats and further attacks were in the making. so the concern from the security council members was expressed a and calls for com and returned to negotiations to the 2 sides to resolve long unresolved issues. because there's concern about destabilizing the region. and that was stressed by the un under secretary general addressing the group ah, the united nations general as