NEXT OSCE MONITORING OF ARMENIAN-AZERBAIJANI FRONTLINE TO START

Trend News Agency
Feb 13 2008
Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan, Baku, 13 February / Trend corr. E.Huseynli / Under the
mandate of private representative of the OSCE functioning chairman,
monitoring is planned to be held on the Azerbaijani-Armenian frontline
near the Tapgaragoyunlu village of the Tartar region of Azerbaijan,
Azerbaijan Defense Ministry reported.

The conflict between the two countries of the South Caucasus began
in 1988, due to the Armenian territorial claims against Azerbaijan.

Since 1992, the Armenian Armed Forces have occupied 20% of Azerbaijan,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and its seven neighboring
districts. In 1994, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement
which ended active hostilities. The Co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group
(Russia, France, and the US) are currently holding the peaceful
negotiations.

The OSCE Chairman-in-Office’s special envoy, Andrzej Kasprzyk and his
field assistants- Jaslan Nurtazin and Imre Palatinus are the in-charge
of monitoring the Azerbaijani side of frontline. Field assistants
Miroslav Vimetal and Antal Herdiks will carry out the monitoring
on the Armenian side of the front, in the territory internationally
recognized as Azerbaijani land.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress