OSCE monitoring scheduled December 15 in the southeast of NKR-Azerbaijan armed forces’ contact line was suspended due to a single-shot fire with automatic arm in the monitoring group being on the Karabakhi defense position.

The incident occurred as Azerbaijani side did not bring out OSCE monitoring group members to its front line, thus breaching the preliminary agreement, NKR Foreign Ministry informed NEWS.am.

Firing was registered by monitoring group members — OSCE office coordinator Imre Palatinus (Hungary), OSCE Chairman-in-Office Personal Representative Field Assistants Irji Aberle (Czech Republic) and Vladimir Chountulov (Bulgaria) who decided to suspend monitoring for reasons of safety.

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