OSCE REPRESENTATIVES WISHING TO MONITOR CONTACT LINE OF AZERBAIJANI AND ARMENIAN TROOPS STUCK IN SWAMP

APA
March 16 2010
Azerbaijan

Baku – APA. The OSCE’s monitoring on the line of contact of Azerbaijani
and Armenian troops failed today.

Defense Ministry’s press service told APA that under the mandate
of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, the
contact line of troops in the south of Tezekend village of Azerbaijan’s
Aghdam region was to be monitored on March 16. Before the monitoring
Azerbaijani Defense Ministry had told the OSCE representatives that
it was unfavorable, swamp area.

But they insisted on monitoring the contact line of troops in the
south of Tezekend village. After their insistence permission was
given to conduct the monitoring.

Today the vehicles carrying OSCE representatives stuck in the swamp
in that area. The vehicles were removed from the swamp with the help
of the local residents and equipment.

As a result of it the monitoring failed.

Field assistants of the Personal Representative of the OSCE
Chairman-in-Office Imre Palatinus and Jaslan Nurtazin were to conduct
the monitoring in Azerbaijani side.

Field assistants of Personal Representative of OSCE Chairman-in-Office
Peter Ki, Vladimir Chountulov and Antal Herdich were to conduct the
monitoring in the opposite side of the line of contact recognized as
territory of Azerbaijan on the international level.