OSCE officials to monitor Nagorny Karabakh ceasefire on Jan. 19
03:16 19/01/2011 YEREVAN/BAKU, January 19 (RIA Novosti) - Officials from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) will moniter on Wednesday the contact line between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said.
OSCE officials regularly monitor the ceasefire on the border with the disputed Nagorny Karabakh region to prevent a sudden escalation of tension between the two countries.
Last time the border was last monitered, on January 12, no ceasefire violations were recorded.
Armenia and Azerbaijan frequently accuse each other of violating the 1994 ceasefire agreement in the disputed area.
The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorny Karabakh, a predominantly ethnic Armenian region, first erupted in 1988, when the region claimed independence from Azerbaijan to join Armenia.
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