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The OSCE mission conducted a monitoring on the line of contact of troops in Azerbaijan`s Gazakh region on December In accordance with the mandate of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, 21.

The monitoring ended without an incident, according to the press service of Azerbaijan`s Defense Ministry.

The monitoring was held, on the Azerbaijani side, by field assistants of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Jiri Aberle and Simon Tiller.

On the Azerbaijani territories occupied by Armenian troops, the monitoring was carried out by field assistants of Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Ghenadie Petrica, Hristo Hristov and Peter Svedberg.

Azerbaijan and Armenia for over two decades have been locked in conflict, which emerged over Armenian territorial claims. Since the 1990s war, Armenian armed forces have occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent regions.

The UN Security Council has adopted four resolutions on Armenian withdrawal, but they have not been enforced to this day.

The OSCE Minsk Group, the activities of which have become known as the Minsk Process, works to find a peaceful solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict for over two decades, but in vain.

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