Azerbaijan, Baku, May 6 / Trend M. Aliyev /
The Azerbaijani Parliament will raise the issue of increasing Armenian snipers' concentration on the contact line to the OSCE PA President, vice-speaker of the Azerbaijani Parliament Bahar Muradova told media.
"This issue will be raised during OSCE PA president Petros Efthymiou's visit to Azerbaijan on May 12-13," she said. "This issue will be brought to the attention at the event with the slogan of the OSCE in Italy in connection with migration issues, to be held on May 20. Moreover, this issue will be discussed at the OSCE summer session."
She said that Armenian snipers were always on the contact line. They are in high alert now. It is connected with the Armenians' concern.
These are the attempts to preserve the status quo and keep Azerbaijan under constant pressure.
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 7 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 the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.