STEPANAKERT. – An accordance with the arrangement reached with the authorities of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), the 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 Friday, and in the Askeran direction of the NKR.

From the positions of the NKR Defense Army, the monitoring was conducted by Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office (CiO), Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, and his field assistants Jiri Aberle (Czech Republic) and Yevgeny Sharov (Ukraine).

From the opposite side of the Line of Contact, the monitoring was held by Khristo Khristov (Bulgaria), field assistant of the Personal Representative of the OSCE CiO, and Office staff member Peter Svedberg (Sweden).

The monitoring passed in accordance with the agreed schedule, and no ceasefire violation was recorded.

The Azerbaijani side, however, did not lead the OSCE mission to its frontlines.

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