OSCE monitoring on Armenian-Azerbaijani contact line expected

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is expected to monitor the contact line of the Azerbaijani and Armenian armies on Nov. 5, Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry said Nov. 4.

The monitoring will be held under the mandate of the OSCE chairperson-in-office personal representative, on the contact line located near the village of Seysulan of Azerbaijan's Terter district.

On the Azerbaijani side, the monitoring will be carried out by field assistants of OSCE chairperson-in-office personal representative, Jiri Aberle and Simon Tiller.

On the opposite side, the monitoring will be conducted by field assistants of OSCE chairperson-in-office personal representative, Hristo Hristov and Evgeny Sharov.

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 U.S. are currently holding peace negotiations.

Armenia has not yet implemented four U.N. Security Council resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.

/Trend/