Azerbaijan, Baku, Sept. 8/ Trend T. Hajiyev /
Monitoring was held on the contact line between Armenian and Azerbaijani armed forces in Tartar-Agdara highway in the Tartar region of Azerbaijan today according to OSCE Chairman-in-Office Personal Representative's mandate.
The monitoring was held on the Azerbaijani side by OSCE Chairman-in-Office Personal Representative Andzey Kasprzyk, field assistants Imre Palatinus, William Pryor and Jaslan Nurtazin, the defense Ministry told Trend.
The monitoring was held on the opposite side, which the international community recognizes as Azerbaijani territory, by OSCE Chairman-in-Office Personal Representative Andrzej Kasprzyk's field assistants Antal Herdich and Christo Christov.
Monitoring took place without incident. During the monitoring the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen and personal representatives of the OSCE Chairman crossed the front line on the opposite side.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts. Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994.
The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are currently holding negotiations to resolve the dispute.
Armenia has failed to implement UN Security Council resolutions stipulating the liberation of Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding regions.
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