No incident recorded during OSCE monitoring along contact line between Azerbaijani, Armenian armies

The monitoring was held on the Azerbaijani side by OSCE Chairman-in-Office Personal Representative field assistants Pieter Ki and Irji Aberli.

The monitoring was held on the opposite side by OSCE Chairman-in-Office Personal Representative Anjey Kasprshik's field assistants Imre Palatinus, Vladimir Chountulov and Jaslan Nurtazin.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan lost all of Nagorno-Karabakh except for Shusha and Khojali in December 1991. In 1992-93, Armenian armed forces occupied Shusha, Khojali and 7 districts surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are currently holding the peace negotiations.

Gazakh region administrative body head Rauf Huseynov said he met with OSCE Chairman-in-Office Personal Representative field assistants Pieter Ki and Irji Aberli. He said during the meeting that the local population suffers from ceasefire violation specifically in spring and autumn cultivation time.

"The last OSCE representatives held a monitoring in Mazam village on Sept. 30, 2008. The village has been shot for more than 200 times ever since. Armenian Armed Forces shoot at the village for 8-9 times a day. It means that the monitoring is not effective," Huseynov added.

/Trend News/