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The OSCE chairman's special envoy has cited more intense violations of the ceasefire between Azerbaijan and Armenia in the past months.
"Both sides have been warned over persistent ceasefire breaches on the contact line of the two countries' armed forces," Andrjej Caspzyk told journalists Thursday after a monitoring conducted by the European security body in Azerbaijan's Goranboy district.
Caspzyk said the OSCE would hold monitoring on the frontline more often from now onward in a bid to prevent ceasefire violations.
The envoy emphasized that he is required to brief each conflicting side on the monitoring, saying he should instead be granted a special mandate authorizing secret observations to witness the real situation on the frontline.
"At times I stay where the monitoring was conducted for a while, and during this time I witness ceasefire breaches," Caspzyk admitted.
The two countries fought a lengthy war that ended with the signing of a cease-fire in 1994, but Armenia continues to occupy Upper Garabagh and seven other Azerbaijani districts in defiance of international law. Peace talks are brokered by the OSCE Minsk Group co-chaired by the United States, Russia and France.