OSCE CHAIRMAN-IN-OFFICE PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE RECEIVED MANDATE TO HOLD INVESTIGATION OF CASES OF BREAKING CEASEFIRE ON AZERBAIJANI-ARMENIAN FRONTLINE

TREND< Azerbaijan
Nov 8 2006

The personal representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Andrzej
Kasprzyk, has received the mandate from the Organization to hold
an investigation into the case of breaking the ceasefire on the
Azerbaijani-Armenian frontline, Kasprzyk briefed the media on 7
November in Yerevan during the reception for the participants of the
international conference "South Caucasus: perception of the region
and challenges".

"The OSCE gave its consent so that I have a separate mandate to hold
the investigations," he said.

According to Kasprzyk, the budget needs to be increased for personal
representatives for this purpose. "I require experts, especially
for arms and ballistics," he stated, Trend reports with reference
to Novosti-Armenia.

He added that direct co-operation between the commanders of both
sides is also required to carry out the investigations. "However,
at present such co-operation does not exist," Kasprzyk said.