Azerbaijan, Baku, 5 April / Trend corr. G.Jabiyev / The monitoring will be held by the personal representative of Chairman-in-office of OSCE in the border regions located near the Afatli village of Agdam region on 7th May, the Azerbaijani Defence Ministry reported to Trend .
The conflict between the two countries of the South Caucasus began in 1988 due to Armenian territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Since 1992, Armenian Armed Forces have occupied 20% of Azerbaijan including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and its seven surrounding districts. In 1994, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement at which time the active hostilities ended. The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group ( Russia, France, and the US) are currently holding peaceful negotiations.
In 1994 Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a ceasefire agreement, and peace negotiations are currently ongoing between the countries.
From the Azerbaijani side, the monitoring will be held by Pieter Ki and Antal Herdich- Personal Representative of OSCE Chairman-in-Office.
From the Armenian side, the monitoring will be held by Imre Palatinus, Irji Aberli and Jaslan Nurtazin- the Field Assistant to Personal Representative of OSCE Chairman-in-Office.