Baku, Azerbaijan, June 22
Trend:
The OSCE monitoring held June 22 along the contact line between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops has passed without incidents, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry told Trend.
The monitoring was held under the mandate of the OSCE chairperson-in-office personal representative on the contact line near the Aghdam village of Azerbaijan's Tovuz district, the ministry said.
On the Azerbaijani side, the monitoring was held by the field assistants of OSCE chairperson-in-office personal representative Hristo Hristov and Simon Tiller.
On the opposite side, the monitoring was carried out by the field assistants of OSCE chairperson-in-office personal representative Jiri Aberle and Peter Svedberg.
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 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts.