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OSCE to monitor contact line between Armenian, Azerbaijani armies

Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict Materials 19 June 2012 10:16 (UTC +04:00)
Monitoring will be held on the contact line between Armenian and Azerbaijani armed forces in the north-west direction of Horadiz village in Fuzuli region on June 20, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry told Trend on Tuesday.
OSCE to monitor contact line between Armenian, Azerbaijani armies

Azerbaijan, Baku, June 19 / Trend, K.Zarbaliyeva /

Monitoring will be held on the contact line between Armenian and Azerbaijani armed forces in the north-west direction of Horadiz village in Fuzuli region on June 20, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry told Trend on Tuesday.

The monitoring will be held on the Azerbaijani side by the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Personal Representative Andrzej Kasprzyk's field assistant Jiri Aberle and personal assistant William Pryor.

The monitoring will be 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 Christo Christov and Antal Herdich.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 per cent 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 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.

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