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    OSCE CONCERNED ABOUT INCIDENT ON ARMENIAN-AZERBAIJANI TROOPS' CONTACT LINE

    Trend
    June 13 2012
    Azerbaijan

    The OSCE is concerned about the recent incident on the contact
    line between the Armenian and Azerbaijani troops, the OSCE
    Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister
    for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore, told reporters in Baku
    on Wednesday.

    "I am and the OSCE concerned about recent incident on the contact line
    between Armenian and Azerbaijani troops. There is no retaliation and
    I would like to see put in place investigation mechanism through which
    the OSCE will look at the activities when they occur," Gilmore said.

    "Ultimately, we would want to achieve this and I hope that this will
    contribute to peaceful and negotiated resolution of the conflict."

    It should be recalled that on June 5 Armenian sabotage group's efforts
    to enter Azerbaijani Armed Forces' positions in Ashagi Eskipara village
    in the Gazakh region failed and it retreated by suffering losses.

    As a result of the fight, 4 soldiers of Azerbaijani Armed Forces
    were killed.

    Another Azerbaijani soldier was killed as a result of fire opened
    from nameless heights in Gazakh region.

    During his visit to Baku, which began on Wednesday, Gilmore will
    hold meetings with Azerbaijani officials, as well as leaders of
    political parties. OSCE activity in the region, cooperation between
    OSCE and Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and other issues will
    be discussed at the meeting.

    Previously, Gilmore visited Georgia and Armenia as part of his South
    Caucasus tour.

    The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
    when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
    armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
    including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.

    Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994.

    The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France and the US -
    are currently holding peace negotiations.

    Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
    resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
    surrounding regions.

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