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Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 23 / Trend K.Zarbaliyeva /
The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry has appealed to OSCE Chairman-in-Office Personal Representative Andrzej Kasprzyk with a request to make efforts in the investigation of a ceasefire violation on the contact line between the Armenian and Azerbaijani troops, Ministry Spokesman Eldar Sabiroglu told Trend today.
The enemy launched began shelling at 9:30 p.m. on Dec.17, which created tensions on the front line. Investigations revealed that a 122-millimeter rocket high-explosive shell fell near the Borsunlu settlement controlled by the Azerbaijani armed forces.
Sabiroglu said today Kasprzyk has sent one of his field assistants residing in Tbilisi to the scene to examine the area where the high-explosive shell fell and to learn the residents' views.
Kasprzyk's field assistant Antal Herdich got familiarized with the incident and was informed about the irrefutable facts that the high-explosive shell was launched by the Armenian side.
The ministry will closely follow the OSCE officials' steps to be taken after the incident that created tensions on the front line.
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.