OSCE fails to hold monitoring of Azerbaijani and Armenian troops contact line

OSCE failed to hold the monitoring of the Armenian and Azerbaijani troops contact line scheduled for today near the Tazakand village of Azerbaijan's Agdam region.

The OSCE's cars stuck in a swamp, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said.

Defense Ministry earlier warned the monitoring group on presence of swamp in this area.

Monitoring was expected to be held on the contact line between Armenian and Azerbaijani armed forces near the Tazakend village in Azerbaijan's Agdam region March 16 under a mandate of the OSCE chairman special envoy.

The monitoring was to be held on the Azerbaijani side by OSCE Chairman-in-Office Personal Representative field assistants Imre Palatinus and Jaslan Nurtazin.

The monitoring was to be held on the opposite side, which the international community recognizes as Azerbaijani territory, by OSCE Chairman-in-Office Personal Representative Andrzej Kasprzyk's field assistants Peter Key, Vladimir Chountulov and and Antal Herdich.


/Trend News/