Deutsche Presse-Agentur
 February 25, 1999
 
 
 (Moscow/Baku) - Azerbaijan will present the international court in
 The Hague with documents on an alleged massacre committed against
 the Azeri population during the war in Nagorny-Karabakh in the
 early 1990s, it was announced Thursday.
 
 The Azeri state secretary for nationality issues, Idayet Orudshev,
 said more than 600 people were killed and 500 injured when Armenian
 troops invaded the city of Chodshaly on February 26, 1992.
 
 A total of 1,275 Azeris were taken prisoner and 150 people were
 still missing, the Interfax news agency quoted Orudshev as saying.
 
 The Azeri Interior Ministry said at the time that 100 people were
 killed and 250 injured in the battle around Chodshaly.
 
 A fragile ceasefire has been in effect in Nagorny-Karabakh, which
 is situated in Azerbaijan, since 1994.  The government in the
 enclave, which is not recognised internationally, refuses to be
 re-integrated with Azerbaijan.  The peace process has not made much
 progress despite mediation by the Organisation for Security and
 Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).