STEPANAKERT. – The OSCE mission conducted a regular monitoring of the line of contact between the armed forces of Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan in the direction of Askeran on Friday, according to the agreement reached with the Karabakh authorities.

From the positions of the NKR Defense Army, the monitoring was conducted by Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk and field assistant Jiri Aberle (Czech Republic).

From Azerbaijani side, the line of contact was monitored by Field Assistant of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Christo Christov (Bulgaria) and staff member of the Office Peter Svedberg.

The U.S. Co-Chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group James Warlick participated in the monitoring from the Karabakh side.

The monitoring passed in accordance with the agreed schedule. No violation of the cease-fire regime was registered.

From the Karabakh side, the monitoring mission was accompanied by representatives of the NKR Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense.