OSCE to monitor line of contact between Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is going to monitor in Armenia a contact line between the Nagorno-Karabakh region and Azerbaijan, local Armenpress News Agency reported on Monday.

The report also noted that the decision to enforce the monitoring was made based on an agreement reached between the de facto authorities of the Nagorno-Karabakh region and the Azerbaijani armed forces.

Armenia and Azerbaijan have been locked in a bitter dispute over the mountainous region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh first broke out in 1988, when the region claimed independence from Azerbaijan to join Armenia.

Peace talks have been held since 1994 when a ceasefire was reached, but there have been occasional minor clashes in the past along the borders and across the volatile frontline of the Karabakh area. Endi