Masis Mailyan and Andrzej Kasprzyk discuss situation on line of contact
10.04.2019,
12:22
The Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) Foreign Minister, Masis Mailyan, received April 10 Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, the press service of the Artsakh Foreign Ministry reported. It said during the meeting, the sides touched upon the results of the latest visit to the region by the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak.
YEREVAN, April 10. /ARKA/. The Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) Foreign Minister, Masis Mailyan, received April 10 Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, the press service of the Artsakh Foreign Ministry reported. It said during the meeting, the sides touched upon the results of the latest visit to the region by the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak.
The situation on the contact line of the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan was also discussed. In this context, the importance of maintaining stability in the Azerbaijan-Karabakh conflict zone was stressed.
The parties also raised a number of issues related to monitoring of the line of contact conducted by the Office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict erupted into armed clashes after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s as the predominantly Armenian-populated enclave of Azerbaijan sought to secede from Azerbaijan and declared its independence backed by a successful referendum.
On May 12, 1994, the Bishkek cease-fire agreement put an end to the military operations. A truce was brokered by Russia in 1994, although no permanent peace agreement has been signed. Since then, Nagorno-Karabakh and several adjacent regions have been under the control of Armenian forces of Karabakh. Nagorno-Karabakh is the longest-running post-Soviet era conflict and has continued to simmer despite the relative peace of the past two decades, with snipers causing tens of deaths a year.
On April 2, 2016, Azerbaijan launched military assaults along the entire perimeter of its contact line with Nagorno-Karabakh. Four days later a cease-fire was reached. -0---
The situation on the contact line of the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan was also discussed. In this context, the importance of maintaining stability in the Azerbaijan-Karabakh conflict zone was stressed.
The parties also raised a number of issues related to monitoring of the line of contact conducted by the Office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict erupted into armed clashes after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s as the predominantly Armenian-populated enclave of Azerbaijan sought to secede from Azerbaijan and declared its independence backed by a successful referendum.
On May 12, 1994, the Bishkek cease-fire agreement put an end to the military operations. A truce was brokered by Russia in 1994, although no permanent peace agreement has been signed. Since then, Nagorno-Karabakh and several adjacent regions have been under the control of Armenian forces of Karabakh. Nagorno-Karabakh is the longest-running post-Soviet era conflict and has continued to simmer despite the relative peace of the past two decades, with snipers causing tens of deaths a year.
On April 2, 2016, Azerbaijan launched military assaults along the entire perimeter of its contact line with Nagorno-Karabakh. Four days later a cease-fire was reached. -0---
