OSCE MONITORING FAILS TO ESTABLISH VISUAL CONTACT BECAUSE OF AZERBAIJANI PARTY

ArmInfo
2009-06-30 14:22:00

ArmInfo. OSCE monitored the contact-line of the Armenian and
Azerbaijani armed forces in the area of Chinari village, Berd district,
Tavush region, Armenia, ArmInfo correspondent reported.

Field assistants of OSCE CIO PR Andrzej Kasprzyk Vladimir Chuntulov,
Imre Palatinus and Irzhi Aberle monitored on the Armenian party. A
briefing with participation of the field assistants, as well as
representatives of the Armenian Defense and Foreign Ministries,
and local field commanders preceded the monitoring.

The monitoring was scheduled for 1:00pm-2:00pm Yerevan
time. Nevertheless, the Azerbaijani party again refused to lead the
OSCE representatives to the post that was preliminary agreed i.e. to
the positions wherefrom the village of Chinari is constantly fired
at. The monitoring is considered accomplished despite the failure to
establish visual contact because of the Azerbaijani party’s refusal
to lead the OSCE representatives to the above post.

The participants in the monitored visited also a house, more precisely,
the walls of the house that burnt out because of the Azerbaijani
sniper’s bullet that hit the wire on June 2. The mistress could hardly
survive. The bordering village of Chinari is still in the focus of
Azerbaijan’s ‘interest’. The village is fired at almost every day. Two
were killed and one was wounded in the village in 2008 alone. The
Azerbaijani party has repeatedly refused from the OSCE monitoring of
the area of the village or has broken it by various pretexts.