Azerbaijan, Baku, Aug.3 / Trend / J.Babayeva
It is planned to conduct monitoring on contact line between the Azerbaijani and Armenian Armed Forces, near the Borsunlu village of the Azerbaijani Goranboy region on Aug.4, upon mandate of OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said on Aug 3.
Chairman-in-Office Anji Kaspershik and his field assistant Irji Aber will hold the monitoring from Azerbaijan.
Field assistants of OSCE Chairman-in-office - Imre Palatinus and Vladimir Chountulov will hold the monitoring from opposite side on the contact line of troops recognized as Azerbaijani territory at the international level.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan lost all of Nagorno-Karabakh except for Shusha and Khojali in December 1991. In 1992-93, Armenian armed forces occupied Shusha, Khojali and 7 districts surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are currently holding the peace negotiations.
The OSCE holds regular monitoring on the contact line to ensure ceasefire regime.
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