STEPANAKERT. – In accordance with the arrangement reached with the authorities of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR/Artsakh), the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Mission conducted a planned monitoring of the Line of Contact between the armed forces of Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan.
The monitoring was held on Thursday, in the direction of the Hadrut region, near the settlement of Ashaghi Abdurahmanli.
From the positions of the NKR Defense Army, the monitoring was conducted by Jiri Aberle (Czech Republic), Field Assistant of the Personal Representative to the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office (CiO); Peter Svedberg (Sweden), staff member of the Office of the Personal Representative to the OSCE CiO; and Major Christian Hirsch (Austria), representative of the OSCE High-Level Planning Group.
From the opposite side of the Line of Contact, the monitoring was held by Khristo Khristov (Bulgaria), Field Assistant of the Personal Representative to the OSCE CiO; Simon Tiller (Great Britain), Personal Assistant of the Personal Representative to the CiO; and Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Nepokritikh (Russia), representative of the OSCE High-Level Planning Group.
The monitoring passed in accordance with the agreed schedule.
No ceasefire violation was recorded.
From the Karabakh side, the monitoring mission was accompanied by representatives of the NKR Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense.