Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
May 5 2008

OSCE to Monitor over Border Regions
05.05.08 11:57

Azerbaijan, Baku, 5 April / Trend News corr. G.Jabiyev / The
monitoring will be held by the personal representative of
Chairman-in-office of OSCE in the border regions located near the
Afatli village of Agdam region on 7th May, the Azerbaijani Defence
Ministry reported to TrendNews.

The conflict between the two countries of the South Caucasus began in
1988 due to Armenian territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Since
1992, Armenian Armed Forces have occupied 20% of Azerbaijan including
the Nagorno-Karabakh region and its seven surrounding districts. In
1994, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement at which
time the active hostilities ended. The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk
Group ( Russia, France, and the US) are currently holding peaceful
negotiations.

In 1994 Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a ceasefire agreement, and peace
negotiations are currently ongoing between the countries.

From the Azerbaijani side, the monitoring will be held by Pieter Ki
and Antal Herdich- Personal Representative of OSCE Chairman-in-Office.

From the Armenian side, the monitoring will be held by Imre
Palatinus, Irji Aberli and Jaslan Nurtazin- the Field Assistant to
Personal Representative of OSCE Chairman-in-Office.