MONITORING TO BE HELD ON AZERBAIJANI-ARMENIAN BORDER REGIONS

Trend News Agency
Aug 26 2008
Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan, Baku, 26 August / Trend News corr. K.Zarbaliyeva
/ A monitoring will be held by the personal representative of
Chairman-in-office of OSCE in the border regions located near the
Barda-Agdam region on 27 August.

A source from Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported that from the
Azerbaijani side the monitoring would be held by Pieter Ki and Antal
Herdich, Personal Representative of OSCE Chairman-in-Office.

>From the Armenian side the monitoring would be held by Irji Aberli
and Vladimir Chountulov.

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 to regulate the conflict.