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OSCE monitoring ends without incident

26 January 2016 18:05 (UTC+04:00)
OSCE monitoring ends without incident

The OSCE mission has today conducted a monitoring on the contact line of troops near Alibayli village of Azerbaijan`s Tovuz region, Azerbaijan’s defense ministry reported on January 26.

The monitoring held in accordance with the mandate of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office ended without an incident.

The monitoring was held, on the Azerbaijani side, by field assistants of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Yevgeniy Sharov and Peter Swedberg.

On the opposite side, the monitoring was conducted by field assistants of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Hristo Hristov, Jiri Aberle and Simon Tiller.

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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