BAKU: OSCE Chairman-In-Office Personal Representative Received Manda

OSCE CHAIRMAN-IN-OFFICE PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE RECEIVED MANDATE TO HOLD INVESTIGATION OF CASES OF BREAKING CEASEFIRE ON AZERBAIJANI-ARMENIAN FRONTLINE
TREND< Azerbaijan Nov 8 2006 The personal representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Andrzej Kasprzyk, has received the mandate from the Organization to hold an investigation into the case of breaking the ceasefire on the Azerbaijani-Armenian frontline, Kasprzyk briefed the media on 7 November in Yerevan during the reception for the participants of the international conference "South Caucasus: perception of the region and challenges". "The OSCE gave its consent so that I have a separate mandate to hold the investigations," he said. According to Kasprzyk, the budget needs to be increased for personal representatives for this purpose. "I require experts, especially for arms and ballistics," he stated, Trend reports with reference to Novosti-Armenia. He added that direct co-operation between the commanders of both sides is also required to carry out the investigations. "However, at present such co-operation does not exist," Kasprzyk said.