Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec.2
By Ilkin Izzet - Trend:
The latest monitoring on the contact line of the Azerbaijani and Armenian armies has passed without any incidents.
The monitoring was held under the mandate of the OSCE chairperson-in-office personal representative near the village of Ashagi Veyselli of Azerbaijan's Fizuli district, Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry said on Dec.2.
On the Azerbaijani side, field assistants of OSCE chairperson-in-office personal representative, Hristo Hristov and Peter Svedberg carried out the monitoring.
On the opposite side, field assistants of OSCE chairperson-in-office personal representative, Jiri Aberle, Yevgeny Sharov and Simon Tiller conducted the monitoring.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
The two countries signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the US are currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the UN Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.
Edited by CN