Contact line of Azerbaijani, Armenian armies to be monitored
OSCE is expected to monitor the contact line between Azerbaijani
and Armenian armies Nov.19, Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said.
The monitoring will be held under the mandate of the OSCE
chairperson-in-office personal representative on the contact line
near the Horadiz village of Azerbaijan's Fizuli district, the
ministry said.
On the Azerbaijani side, the monitoring will be carried out by the
field assistants of OSCE chairperson-in-office personal
representative Jiri Aberle and Peter Svedberg.
On the opposite side, the monitoring will be conducted by the field
assistants of OSCE chairperson-in-office personal representative
Yevgeny Sharov and Hristo Hristov.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a
result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied
20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and
seven surrounding districts.
The two countries signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the US are
currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the UN Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.
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