OSCE mission to hold monitoring of Azerbaijani and NKR armed forces contact linePanARMENIAN.Net - On August 31, in accordance with the previously achieved agreement with the NKR authorities, the OSCE mission will conduct monitoring of the line of contact of Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijani armed forces southeast of Kuropatkino settlement of Martuni region, NKR. From the NKR Defense Army positions, the monitoring mission will be headed by Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk. Field Assistants of Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Antal Herdich (Hungary) and Hristo Hristov (Bulgaria) will be in the monitoring group to be accompanied by representatives of the NKR Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Defense. From the opposite side, the monitoring will be held by Coordinator of the OSCE Office, Lieutenant-Colonel Imre Palatinus (Hungary) and Field Assistant of Personal Representative of the OSCE CiO Zhaslan Nurtazin (Kazakhstan). ![]() The conflict between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan The conflict between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan broke out as result of the ethnic cleansing the latter launched in the final years of the Soviet Union. The Karabakh War was fought from 1991 (when the Nagorno Karabakh Republic was proclaimed) to 1994 (when a ceasefire was sealed by Armenia, NKR and Azerbaijan). Most of Nagorno Karabakh and a security zone consisting of 7 regions are now under control of NKR defense army. Armenia and Azerbaijan are holding peace talks mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group up till now. Ali Khamenei's strategist provided the legal and religious justification for the annihilation of Israel and the Jewish people. The CHP, the MHP and the BDP argue that the amendments to the bylaw are designed to silence the opposition. This has been the first to report the presence of foreign military forces in any of the Syrian uprising's embattled areas. “Moscow must not let events like those in Libya and Syria be repeated in Russia,” Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said. |