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FRENCH COCHAIRMAN CLARIFIES CONTACT LINE SITUATION
Trend
Nov 29 2011
Azerbaijan
The OSCE Minsk Group's French cochairman clarified the situation
regarding the situation on the contact line of the Armenian and
Azerbaijani troops.
"This time we crossed the contact line of the troops in not Karabakh
but Gazakh," Bernard Fassier reported. "Luckily, tension here is
lesser than in Karabakh," he added.
On Tuesday, after the monitoring was over, the OSCE Minsk Group
cochairmen met head of the executive power of Gazakh region Ayaz
Askarov.
Later on, the cochairmen flew to Baku on a helicopter.
On Tuesday, the OSCE Minsk Group cochairmen held monitoring on the
contact line of the Armenian and Azerbaijani troops.
Monitoring held on the road between the Jafarli village in
the Azerbaijani Gazakh region and Armenian Kayan village on the
contact line between Armenian and Azerbaijani armed forces on Nov.29
proceeded without incident and OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs moved to
the Azerbaijani side, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry told Trend on
Tuesday. The monitoring was held under a mandate of the OSCE chairman.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. -
are currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.
Trend
Nov 29 2011
Azerbaijan
The OSCE Minsk Group's French cochairman clarified the situation
regarding the situation on the contact line of the Armenian and
Azerbaijani troops.
"This time we crossed the contact line of the troops in not Karabakh
but Gazakh," Bernard Fassier reported. "Luckily, tension here is
lesser than in Karabakh," he added.
On Tuesday, after the monitoring was over, the OSCE Minsk Group
cochairmen met head of the executive power of Gazakh region Ayaz
Askarov.
Later on, the cochairmen flew to Baku on a helicopter.
On Tuesday, the OSCE Minsk Group cochairmen held monitoring on the
contact line of the Armenian and Azerbaijani troops.
Monitoring held on the road between the Jafarli village in
the Azerbaijani Gazakh region and Armenian Kayan village on the
contact line between Armenian and Azerbaijani armed forces on Nov.29
proceeded without incident and OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs moved to
the Azerbaijani side, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry told Trend on
Tuesday. The monitoring was held under a mandate of the OSCE chairman.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. -
are currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.